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    • Wed Nov 19th 13:47 PM
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      Renewable Energy Industry Calls for Improved Incentives
      I agree with commenter John Gordon...it isn't healthy to have an industry that is dependent on massive financial subsidies.
      Thus, using John's impeccable logic, we should eliminate all oil companies and electric utilities since they have been heavily subsidized for decades. These U.S. subsidies have kept energy prices absurdly low for too many years...robbing Peter to pay Paul can only last so long...instead we should subsidize on site generation and efficiency upgrades and solar deserves a seat at this table.
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    • Tue Nov 18th 17:29 PM
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      Six Reasons for Cloudy Skies on the Solar Energy Industry
      This is not a useful article. Commenter 2- Peter Bermel at least had something substantive to say.
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    • Thu Nov 13th 16:04 PM
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      How to Solve the Excess Supply in Housing
      "Fire"...lol... actually your best suggestion.
      As deryll said: incomes must be able to support prices...creative lending was bridging the income/price gap for several years and NOTHING can balance the current situation except for greatly increasing incomes or greatly decreasing home prices. Obviously the latter is in play for the foreseeable future.
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    • Tue Nov 11th 14:30 PM
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      Coming Soon: The Zombie Condos That Ate New York
      Propping up inflated housing prices with tax dollars is absurd...the only result would be to perpetuate a market where incomes cannot support housing prices (this is where we are). Create jobs and increase productivity: the result would be a larger pool of buyers--this is a rational approach--McCain's idea of buying bad loans speaks to how removed from the problem he really is...an effort to buy votes maybe?
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    • Wed Nov 5th 12:02 PM
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      Four Reasons to Expect a Solar Boom
      This is truly a misleading piece and the author should at least attempt to understand the solar industry before writing about it.
      If you can't get a construction loan, very few solar projects will get built...as is currently the case. The fact that the U.S. commercial market is driven almost exclusively by tax benefits is a big problem...no profits = no tax liability = no ability to monetize ITC and MACRS.
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    • Tue Oct 28th 12:34 PM
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      On Rescuing Homeowners Undergoing Foreclosure
      Home price MUST come down to the point where wages can support the housing market. Those that can't afford to live in homes they bought for absurd prices simply need to move. Creating a larger pool of buyers that can actually afford to own homes is the only way to stabilize the situation for the long term.
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    • Sun Oct 26th 11:19 AM
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      The Sun Is Not Also Rising Over Solar Stocks
      Actually much of the construction in Dubai has been funded with debt from the very banks that are now under tremendous pressure. The Middle East is not immune. imo-We have only just begun to feel the real pain that is coming...many rocks need to be overturned before the true depth of the situation can be appreciated.
      Only the strong solar manufacturers will survive...at this point fslr and spwr are the only ones that I consider to have any real strength. Having a backlog of orders means very little if you can't make a profit on the sale (eslr is a prime example of this ineptitude)
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    • Fri Oct 24th 11:11 AM
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      Duke Cuts Plan to Install Solar Panels by Half
      Take note of this...Sun Edison and the utilities are trying to corner the solar REC market in every state with an RPS and until recently very few people were willing to speak out.
      The utility scale greenfield project referenced here is an abomination...clear cutting forest land that will take virtually all of the funding for solar in NC is sickening. I was in the audience when Duke's representative was crowing about this deal...there were only murmurs in the crowd but the outrage is building in the solar industry.
      Full disclosure: I was part of a team that prepared the offer for a group of schools seeking to fulfill part of Duke's rfp...we had no chance given what I have learned about what was going on behind the scene at Duke and Sun Edison.
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    • Fri Oct 24th 11:01 AM
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      Natural Gas Cartel Is Nothing to Fear
      I am not Jewish, but I still recommend that moonbat go else where with the BS...your methyl-hydrate comment reveals your ineptitude to anyone that understands the resource and the methods of extraction.
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    • Wed Sep 24th 14:44 PM
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      How Did We Get to This Point?
      If this was written in late 2005 I would have been impressed.
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    • Wed Sep 24th 14:41 PM
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      Natural Gas Bargain Justifies Obama's Stance
      Currently the U.S. is not a net importer of NG. This will not be the case if we make a dramatic shift to NG powered vehicles...newly discovered shale gas will not come cheap.
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    • Tue Sep 9th 10:09 AM
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      LDK Solar: A New Business Model
      Many of the firms mentioned in the LDK contracts list will not be in business past 2010 (the shakeout). Companies like AMAT, FSLR, and SPWR will still be standing but the majority of solar manufacturing companies will not be able to compete/survive.
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    • Fri Aug 22nd 16:26 PM
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      Renewable Energy Mostly Unaffected by Credit Crunch
      Actually several deals I am involved with have experienced a bank providing tax equity investors being replaced due to the credit crunch.
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    • Thu Jul 3rd 17:52 PM
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      Will Some Solar Companies Face a Cash Crunch?
      It is reasonable to make the case that the homebuilders walked this same path from 2003-2005. Cash poor with massive backlog and record revenues. How does that "backlog" look now???
      The weak will fall by the wayside no matter how bright the painted picture may appear.
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    • Thu Jun 19th 11:26 AM
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      Solar Investing: Where Politics and Finance Come Together
      There is not a "production tax credit" for solar...it is an "investment tax credit"...very different. The PTC is only for wind.
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