Solar Power Is Booming - Why Do We Want To Kill It?

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Submission + - Solar Power Is Booming - Why Do We Want To Kill It? (forbes.com)

Submitted by TaeKwonDood on Wednesday March 28, 2012 @04:02PM

TaeKwonDood writes: Solar power is booming. Imports from China were a tepid $21 million in 2005 but in 2011 installations totaled nearly $2.7 billion. That’s a huge win. And just as advocates for solar power had hoped, a larger market drove down prices. Solar energy cost has declined by two-thirds in the last four years, meaning it will soon start to close in on fossil fuels.

There's just one problem. Now the government wants to kill it.

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