^I think the argument he is making is that you lose some efficiency in the power generation just based on the amount of available square footage. Obviously a big plant in the middle of the desert wouldn't have this problem.
Still, I tend to fall on the side of SunDevil in that the university saves a little money and gets the PR and student learning values of being a solar campus.
Andrew, wouldn't the land cost alone of a large section of desert make the rural solar plant idea for ASU infeasible? (Though I do recognize the obvious in that a large rural solar plant could power ALOT more than just ASU, but it would likely require federal dollars and years of political BS to get started). I'm sure somebody has thought of it.
The building roofs are free real estate for the solar companies and free equipment and installation for the university. A win-win.
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