[CitizensTruth] GM to build world's biggest rooftop solar station in Spain

[Daniel Stafford]

*GM to build world's biggest rooftop solar station in Spain

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US automaker General Motors said Tuesday it will equip the roof of its 
factory in Zaragoza in northeastern Spain with solar panels to create 
the world's largest rooftop source of power from the sun.

The electricity produced by the 10 megawatt installation will be used by 
the plant, GM's biggest in Europe, and also be sold to the local power 
grid, a company spokesman said.

"GM's Zaragoza plant will become home to the biggest roof-top solar 
power station worldwide. This has significant potential to...(Full Story 
<http://rawstory.com/news/afp/GM_to_build_world_s_biggest_rooftop_07082008.html>)

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It fascinates me how a "US" company can do things like this to increase 
plant efficiency overseas, but close plants in the US and repeatedly 
kill the economies of small cities and towns in their own country. Why 
isn't this being done here? Why aren't the gas hog plants in the US 
being re-tooled to build fuel-efficient vehicles? They might as well be 
giving every US citizen the finger behind their backs. If I were 
Janesville's City Manager (Mayor?) or the one in charge of any of the 
other towns affected, I would lead a charge to seize the plant via 
eminent domain and then have the local citizens start up a 
community-owned competitor to make vehicles and other heavy equipment 
that are highly efficient and make sense.

Dan


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