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On 10/03/2013 7:24 AM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
> In sci.physics jg <jg@nospam.com> wrote:
>> On 10/03/2013 6:21 AM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>>> In sci.physics Bret Cahill <Bret_E_Cahill@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>> Another solar manufacturer gives up
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>>>> That's why the price of PV is dropping so fast.  The industry is as
>>>> fiercely competitive as the oil bidness was 100 years ago when the
>>>> exact same thing happened.
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>>> The difference here is that PV panels are being dumped at a loss in
>>> a desperate attempt to cover some of the losses and there are no buyers.
>>>
>>>
>> http://www.smh.com.au/environment/solar-panel-takeup-heads-towards-the-millionth-home-20121010-27d9t.html
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> BP Bows Out Of Solar
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> http://www.npr.org/2013/03/07/173656739/bp-bows-out-of-solar-but-industry-outlook-still-sunny
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> Notice the weasel wording about abandoning solar to avoid offending
> the "green" community
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> Night Falls on China's Solar Industry
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> http://www.thegwpf.org/night-falls-chinas-solar-industry/
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> Chinese Solar Industry Goes Belly Up
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> http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2011/11/25/chinese-solar-industry-goes-belly-up/
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> China Solar Makers Face Suicidal Prices on Excess Output
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> http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-25/china-solar-makers-face-suicidal-prices-on-excess-output.html
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Has everything to do with markets and nothing to do with the fact that 
they work.

How is a price per kWh is arrived at when normal power bills are 
redirected into panels until payback time, after which it's 100% saving 
until they wear out. At the very least it's not consistent over time.

I suspect it's a loss of revenue at the power station, incentives are 
little more than a discount since the biggest hurdle as with all similar 
investments, is finding the initial outlay.

I also suspect your prohibitive pricing is as much a deliberate 
disincentive as much of the mythology being spun around renewable energy.