92 square acres of Ausra solar panels can power the intire country (with power lines and grids updated.Tell Me

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92 square acres of Ausra solar panels can power the intire country (with power lines and grids updated.Tell Me

I've been following the presidential race closely wanting to see who would put the most into updating the grid (My winner was Obama) but anyway Ausra is a private company located in my home town of Las Vegas I wan't to invest in this company It would take 1 Trillion dollers to update all of the countrys grids (T. Boon Pickens has invested 10 Billion in windturbines and has pressed congress to update the grid .Obama has promissed 150 billion to updating the grid (If your not familiar updating the grid enabels electric power generated from Nevada ,Texas or werever to be transferd coast to coast ( a Solar farm in Nevada can power times square. Also I found out that Google has donated considerable funds to the Obama campain here's something interesting( Prior to the donation if you were to google electric cars not much would come up but now if you do so you will see 10 private car companys that would qualify them for that 300 million doller prize that Mccain claims should be given to whoever can accomplish building an electric car that can travel long distances( Curious) Anyhow how would you invest in Ausra and how would you invest in the company's that would be updating the grid and power lines? Thanks and maybe your welcome.

Answer 1

If you have been told that 92 acres of solar panels can power the entire country you have been fed a bill of goods.  It will take more than 92 acres worth, a lot more, maybe 920 sqare miles worth, that is closer to 620,000 acres. But, yeh, 92 acres worth is a start.  There are a lot of publicly traded companies that do manufacture solar panels.  TSL, STP are two. And there is at least one publicly traded wind turbine company, Vesta Wind Systems--VWSYF.  If you are interested in companies that will benefit from upgrading the power lines, think copper. FCX

Answer 2

i wouldn't make any investment that would require me to assume that congress is going to pull a trillion dollars out of thin air.

besides, if the company is private, you can't invest in it anyway.

Answer 3

If it is a private company, you can't buy stock in it.  To invest, you would have to get the owners to let you buy in.  You'd probably need several million dollars to do so.

In general, I'm sure there are mutual funds and ETFs that concentrate on public utilities and alternative energy.  Just invest in them.