President Obama tours Sempra's Copper Mountain Solar 1 facility - pics

[Kadie]

President Barack Obama speaks after touring Sempra's Copper Mountain Solar 1 facility, Wednesday, March 21, 2012, in Boulder City, Nev. The president is defending his energy agenda this week, traveling Wednesday not only to the solar panel plant in Nevada, but also later to oil and gas fields in New Mexico and the site of a future oil pipeline in Oklahoma.


BOULDER CITY, NV - MARCH 21: A Secret Service agent is seen at Sempra U.S. Gas & Power's Copper Mountain Solar 1 facility bfeore a speech by U.S. President Barack Obama at the largest photovoltaic solar plant in the United States on March 21, 2012 in Boulder City, Nevada. Obama is on a four-state tour promoting his energy policies.






















pics from news.daylife.com

[frazzled]

1. He heroically speaks there sans sunglasses!

Looks painful to me (I don't go anywhere without my shades on a sunny day, much less in the middle of a field of glaring solar panels on a brutally sunny day!).

[JayhawkSD]

7. He's on a campaign stop

He can never wear sunglasses when campaigning. People have to see his eyes. A speaker's effectiveness is reduced by half or more if people cannot see his eyes.

[nykym]

2. Can you imagine all the extra workers out there

with paper towels and window cleaner before the POTUS visit.

[poverlay]

4. Lmao, YES! I just showed the pics to my wife and read her your post. She cracked up and with

big eyes said "Those poor bastards!!!"! Well played...

[absyntheminded]

3. Luv Pic #5

Not a pic, nor discerning face you'd see from "W"

Pres Obama: I understand the technology behind solar power, but explain the triple capture rate of these 4th generation panels.

[GreydeeThos]

5. Those are some pretty big power lines

[SHRED]

6. Centralized corporate solar power production...YUCK

[JayhawkSD]

8. My wife works as a corporate "coach" in San Diego

One of her clients is Sempra and, specifically, the man that was in charge of building that plant. When the Obama called Sempra and wanted to set up the tour, they set it up with a bunch of Sempra bigwigs, and they forgot to include this guy. He was the overall manager of its construction, and they didn't include him for the President's visit.

She happened to be in his office the day of the event and they didn't get much done. He was pissed. He said, "Look, I know I have a reputation for taking things personally, but..." My wife assured him that, no, he had a right to be pissed.

Turns out it was merely oversight, because it was built a couple of years ago and they selected the people from the team presently running it. He has moved on to other construction projects. Still...