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It won't ever be a primary source of energy...it isn't a reliable source. Solar panel companies going out of business in droves.
They are just cashing in on the government subsidies while they last and they also do this to try to get the anti-nuclear and anti-coal people off their back.
That so? From what I hear there is actually a shortage of solar panels in the market place, the way you describe it there should be a surplus.
A lot of those companies that have folded were VC-backed startups that didn't have their feet under them. There's been a major thinning of the herd, especially for companies that backed the wrong tech solutions. There was a Forbes article about it that I remember reading a while back. I'll see if I can find it.
Aren't solar panels made in China now? From what I understand, American companies couldn't compete with the low cost of manufacturing them in China. Manufacturing solar panels and using them for energy are two different things.
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