<story><title>Warren Buffett Buys World&apos;s Largest Solar Project from SunPower for $2.5 Billion</title><url>http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/warren-buffett-buys-worlds-largest-solar-project-sunpower-25-billion.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>nilsbunger</author><text>The SunPower facility has already sold its power under long-term contracts to SoCal Edison:  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.elp.com/articles/2013/01/antelope-valley-solar-projects-will-generate-579-mw-for-southern-california-edison.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.elp.com/articles/2013/01/antelope-valley-solar-pr...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;So from Buffett&apos;s perspective this just looks like a bond.  I don&apos;t think it&apos;s a bet for or against solar, but rather a bet on deferred cash vs present cash (so on interest rates).</text></comment>
<story><title>Warren Buffett Buys World&apos;s Largest Solar Project from SunPower for $2.5 Billion</title><url>http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/warren-buffett-buys-worlds-largest-solar-project-sunpower-25-billion.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>dxbydt</author><text>Am a huge follower of Charlie Munger, and I re-read his writings every so often ( &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tilsonfunds.com/motley_berkshire_charlie_speeches.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.tilsonfunds.com/motley_berkshire_charlie_speeches...&lt;/a&gt; ). What the two of them do is so much of a one-trick pony. They always seek massive rent capture via outright purchase of a corp with a very large moat. Then reduce the fiat risk by converting the cash into non-fiat income producing assets. This way they lock in wealth preservation regardless of what happens to the fiat. When I lived in New Mexico for a bunch of years, there was one constant -  the incessant back and forth of the trains carrying coal containers from one end of the country to the other, and on the return trip carrying giant walmart containers shipped from China to the US ports, to their destinations in the rest of the mainland US. Everybody knew BNSF was the coronary artery of the US. One day I remarked to my wife - just you watch, Buffett is going to own BNSF. And then when it happened, she was like - how did you know ?! Its just so obvious. This SunPower thing was on the cards too. Prediction: He&apos;ll buy Vestas. Or Nordex. Just you watch...ofcourse you can&apos;t time these trades. Nobody knows the when, but the what is fairly well known at this point.</text></comment>