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Solar Power is so Last Week
New frontiers in DIY.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2011/08/04/swedish-man-arrested-for-building-a-nuclear-reactor-in-his-kitchen/ Quote:
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Sad thing is he's not the first.
I worry about those types.....Glad they don't live near me.
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D'OH!
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1977 300d 70k--sold 08 1985 300TD 185k+ 1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03 1985 409d 65k--sold 06 1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car 1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11 1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper 1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4 1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13 |
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So too, it seems, are the US companies involved in it.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44344711/?ocid=ansmsnbc11 A U.S. solar-panel manufacturer, promoted by President Barack Obama as a beneficiary of his administration's economic policies and given a half-billion-dollar federal loan, is laying off 1,100 workers and filing for bankruptcy. Competition from China became too strong. Solyndra LLC of Fremont, California, had become the poster child for government investment in green technology. The president visited the company in May 2010 and noted that Solyndra expected to hire 1,000 workers to manufacture solar panels. Other state and federal officials such as former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Energy Secretary Steven Chu also visited the company's facilities. Hard times have hit the American solar industry, however. Solyndra is the third solar company to seek bankruptcy protection this month. Officials said Wednesday that the global economy as well as unfavorable conditions in the solar industry combined to force the company to suspend its manufacturing operations. The price for solar panels has collapsed, dropping by about 42 percent this year, largely because of heavy competition from Chinese companies........ HUH? I thought we were going to ride the wave of green technology to full employment?? |
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