Very efficient solar cells

Solyndra failed mostly because we didnt gove them enough money.

That can be said of anything, or anyone who has ever existed...

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Oh yeah? Go ahead and dump your life savings into horse drawn carriages.

:rolleyes:
 
Tax breaks maybe, but another Solyndra **** no.
Funny thing about that...Solyndra failed mostly because we didnt give them enough money. The chinese heavily subsidize solar and are dominating the market.

So you are for Trumps tariffs, huh?

That's why he started it, a Chinese solar company in Georgia was complaining about your own Chinese country men.
 
Subsidies, tax breaks, incentives, are a way to favor one kind of business (or a particular business in a sector) over others for political reasons.

Sometimes, those reasons, are a desire to keep alive a way of life that has outlived its productivity (like farm subsidies and the family farm) or placing taxes on chain stores and online retailer to protect 'mom and pop' stores.

Other times, it's a way to socially engineer society, by promoting goods and services that are considered to be "in the public good" and subsequently punishing businesses that some consider to be not so.

In every case, a subsidy can only exist where those who benefit from it have sufficient political influence to wiggle the subsidy through Congress.

In every case, a subsidy only lowers the cost for some, by spreading that cost 'savings' (plus a massive administrative cost) to others.

In every case, a subsidy is a political tool for subverting market forces.

"When buying and selling are legislated, the first thing to be bought and sold are legislators" -- P.J. O'Rourke
 
As fncceo just posted, its fed gov discrimination.
Eat it, fortfag.
 
Subsidies, tax breaks, incentives, are a way to favor one kind of business (or a particular business in a sector) over others for political reasons.
Yes and no, mostly no. That is a stupid and simplistic view of subsidies. For instance, not having food or fuel shortages is not political. Subsidies as infrastructure and energy investment are not political. Sure, politics can affect anything, but subsidies are a useful tool and a triumph of modern, stable economics.

You people are living in la la land. Get off the zero-hedge website once in a while, get some fresh air.
 
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Lazard’s latest annual Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis (LCOE 12.0) shows a continued decline in the cost of generating electricity from alternative energy technologies, especially utility-scale solar and wind. In some scenarios, alternative energy costs have decreased to the point that they are now at or below the marginal cost of conventional generation.

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At utility scale, both solar and wind are the cheapest form of generation, without subsidies. If they are correct about the ability of the nanotubes, they would simply add a step to the existing manufacturing process. And more than double the productivity of the panel. This would put solar as clearly the cheapest way to produce electricity. Add grid scale battery storage, and you have no need of generation other than solar and wind.
 
Lazard’s latest annual Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis (LCOE 12.0) shows a continued decline in the cost of generating electricity from alternative energy technologies, especially utility-scale solar and wind. In some scenarios, alternative energy costs have decreased to the point that they are now at or below the marginal cost of conventional generation.

unsubsidized-analysis-certain-100.jpg


At utility scale, both solar and wind are the cheapest form of generation, without subsidies. If they are correct about the ability of the nanotubes, they would simply add a step to the existing manufacturing process. And more than double the productivity of the panel. This would put solar as clearly the cheapest way to produce electricity. Add grid scale battery storage, and you have no need of generation other than solar and wind.


Just get your sock and put him on mount saint Helen's and tell him to blow.
 
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