It’s sometimes hard to get people to look past the first number in an equation. For example, only looking at ’2′ in ’2+2=4′ limits and distorts the bigger picture. This may seem like a ridiculous example, but this is what people do with regards to governmental clean energy incentives all the time. Regarding one Department of Energy (DOE) loan for a large solar project, the company behind the project (SolarReserve) has put out the following infographic in order to broaden people’s understanding of what this loan means (h/t Solar Power World):
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