Why did the Feds give 737 million dollars to fund another Solar project in Nevada?
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The Nevada project is sponsored by Los Angeles-based SolarReserve LLC, whose investors include Citigroup, U.S. Renewables Group, Good Energies, Credit Suisse, Nazarian Enterprises and Argonaut Private Equity, which had a major stake in Solyndra.
PCG Asset Management also is listed as one of the companys investors. That companys board of directors includes Ronald Pelosi, the brother-in-law of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat.
The project, a 110 megawatt concentrating solar power generating facility, will be the first of its kind in the U.S., using molten salt as the primary heat transfer and storage, according to the Energy Department. At 640 feet, it will be the tallest molten salt tower in the world, and more than 80 feet taller than the Washington Monument.
and NEVADA ???
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It's probably mandated in some law that was passed bipartisanly.
Perhaps that it is in Nevada.In the desert, where it is seldom cloudy, it is near the power grid near Hoover Dam, and gambling cities like Las Vegas use a lot of electricity. z
Let's see. Nevada averages about 290 days per year of sunshine so a solar power generating facility in Nevada seems odd to you?
Benefits to Israel of U.S. Aid
Since 1949 (As of November 1, 1997)
Foreign Aid Grants and Loans
$74,157,600,000
Other U.S. Aid (12.2% of Foreign Aid)
$9,047,227,200
Interest to Israel from Advanced Payments
$1,650,000,000
Grand Total
$84,854,827,200
Total Benefits per Israeli
$14,630
Cost to U.S. Taxpayers of U.S.
Aid to Israel
Grand Total
$84,854,827,200
Interest Costs Borne by U.S.
$49,936,680,000
Total Cost to U.S. Taxpayers
$134,791,507,200
The P-3C Orion antisubmarine aircraft went into service in 1962. Twenty-five years later it was determined that the toilet shroud, the cover that fits over the toilet, needed replacement. Since the airplane was out of production this would require new tooling to produce. These on-board toilets required a uniquely shaped, molded fiberglass shroud that had to satisfy specifications for vibration resistance, weight, and durability. The molds had to be specially made, as it had been decades since their original production. The price reflected the design work and the cost of the equipment to manufacture them. Lockheed Corp. charged $34,560 for 54 toilet covers, or $640 each.
Friday, November 4, 2011
The military procurement horror tales of the early 1980s — immortalized by the $435 claw hammer, the $640 toilet seat and $7,600 coffee makers — have returned, say investigators.
The Department of Defense inaugurated a system (sometimes called "Pay and Chase"), in which every bill that came in was paid, no matter how apparently inflated or otherwise suspicious, and later chased down if necessary in an attempt to retrieve the overpayment. The Defense Accounting Finance Service writes $22 billion in checks every month.
Air Force fiscal expert Ernest Fitzgerald and veteran Capitol Hill investigator Charles Murphy, both working for Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, on a study of Air Force billing practices, recently examined 200 items selected for them by the Air Force. They discovered that not a single one had been properly invoiced.
Read more: Gore brings back $640 toilet seat http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=4314#ixzz1clX
# Take the case of Mark Krenik, a Pentagon fiscal oversight officer, who created a phony company and then billed himself $504,000. He had to repay the money, but was not sentenced to prison. Probation only, and a $495 fine. He told the federal judge that he did it because everyone else in his section was doing to the same, but he was not required to name names.
# Sgt. Robbie Miller, who was stationed at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, was convicted and sent to prison for stealing $1 million in a deal similar to Krenik's. Miller would not have been caught had he not been involved in two adulterous affairs with female co-workers in the middle of his swindle. The second woman didn't entirely trust Miller and compiled a detailed file, which she turned over to criminal investigators. Agents say they swooped down on Miller as he was hauling garbage bags of evidence out of the office to burn it.
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An extension cord is the quickest fix. A heavy duty cable with #12/3 wire should do it and it has to be plugged in to a 20Amp grounded house circuit.
If you are going to do a permanent job, you need the following material if, the shed is well constructed, weather proof and you have some good knowledge of electrical construction.
1) 10/3 UF underground cable or 3/4" PVC conduit with the same size cable inside buried at least 18".
2) 1 30Amp circuit breaker to connect to your electrical panel.
3) 1 2-circuit load center in the shed to feed a junction box in the shed (1 space for the plug and 1 for a switch .
4) A piece of #8 copper wire going to an 8 foot ground rod driven into the ground just outside the shed and a clamp.
If you are handy with electricity, you can do it. Or have a licensed electrician do it.
Get it inspected by your local code official (fire insurance won't pay without the inspection.)
Good Luck, Work Safe and I hope this helps ! ! !
a couple Colman Camp lanterns, or Lanterns run off LP gas. They run about 300watts each so easily light up a shed.
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