Seeing the solar panels go up at my old high school back in 2012 really got me thinking about how small changes add up over time.

I was driving past Lincoln High last week and noticed they doubled the panel array to 200 panels, which is wild since I remember when they installed the first 50 and we all thought it was just a science experiment, has anyone else watched a local project grow way bigger than expected?

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blakem8213d ago

I gotta correct you on one thing though - you said "first 50" panels back in 2012, but Lincoln High actually started with 36 panels in April 2013, not 2012. I know because my cousin was in the environmental club that raised money for the initial installation, and they had this whole ceremony with the mayor. They added 14 more the following year to hit that first 50. Still, you're right that it's been pretty amazing watching it snowball into this big solar farm nobody would have predicted back then.

patricia_rodriguez12d ago

Oh man, you're totally right about the timeline! I actually read an article about the Lincoln High solar program in the local paper a couple years back, and it mentioned how those first 36 panels were a big deal because the school district hadn't really done anything like that before. The ceremony with the mayor makes sense too, they probably wanted to make a show of it to get other schools interested. It's crazy to think how something that small turned into what they have now, I heard they're generating enough power to cover half the school's daytime electricity needs. Makes you wonder what else could snowball like that if more places just got the ball rolling.