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Originally Posted by jyl
Other countries are subsidizing solar PV quite heavily with feed-in tariffs and other programs - Germany, Spain, Italy, etc. China has a big subsidy program, for up to 1/2 the equipment cost and $0.60-0.90/watt, plus large incentives for the panel manufacturing. They are investing in the future.
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They are PRETENDING to invest in the future. They are really investing in a fantasy.
If the stuff doesn't work, doesn't last long enough to pay for itself, where's the future? In the toilet.
Why do some people just automatically expect a magic wand to wave and solve a problem? The technology to make PV panels work efficiently DOES NOT EXIST.
People sometimes just accept the fantasy that if we try hard enough long enough some magical breakthrough will occure and the problem will be solved.
They've been working to develop PV CELL technology
since 1883!
THAT'S 128 YEARS!
This is not some new thing that's in it's infancy of R&D.
A whole bunch of very, very smart people have spent their entire lives trying to solve this problem with very little success.
They had solar panels on skylab, they've had em on all kinds of satellites since the early days, and they only reason they worked halfassed well was because they were hit by strong direct sunlight that wasn't filtered through the atmosphere.
Even with all the money and research done to develop that technology for NASA (billions), guess what the number one failure mode of a space craft or satellite with PV panels?
The panels.