Originally Posted By: Kaotic
What your story leaves out is that they got over $500 million more from private investors, like your Tulsa guy Kaiser, so the real question is, how does a company manage to go belly up in 6 years, after receiving more than $1 billion in investments? Officially the CEO says that the they cannot compete in the world market with the regulations and restrictions imposed by the U.S. government. Congratulations to the U.S.G for helping the Chinese get their hands on all our patents...

It has more to do with the fact China's manufacturing plants don't have to care about the environment: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/08/AR2008030802595.html
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=explosive-gas-silane-used-to-make-photovoltaics


Yes, manufacturing solar panel is a big pollution source. And also, enjoy being lead poisoned by all those batteries http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2011/08/...81811314829387/

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