And what a discovery about Semper Solaris in the comments above, as a US Marine trained on Parris Island in 1992, I was recently in the neighborhood and popped in for a visit! Low and behold my 1st Battalion Barracks are covered with about 50kW, as is the 1st Bn Chow Hall right next door! And if one goes there for a Platoon/Company Graduation they will undoubtedly he directed to park in the massive parking lot next to the Parade Deck….but parking in the sun will be a problem as it is covered with 200-300kW! All in all it is written that Parris Island has 5.5 Megawatts! Semper Solaris Indeed !

Kind of dampens one’s enthusiasm for Agreements, pacts or other Diplomatic word spectacles as the actual path to change the status quo. This whole Paris Agreement thing, reminds me of awkward teenagers trying to court. Businesses are catching on, without a political push. The way the retail electricity market is formulated, most ratepayers are getting stuck in TOU or demand charge rate schedules that spike their electricity costs over the month. Businesses can save 30 to 50% on their electric bills just by generating their own power during these “demand charge periods”.

This is 100% accurate and it’s great to see Major companies such as Starbucks finally make a stand to not only help the environment, but educate others on the way we should be generating electricity. More companies should hopefully follow and we will see a much cleaner future.