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Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Financial aid to Germany’s solar industry has now reached a level that far exceeds average wages.”

From the Chilling Effect: “Financial aid to Germany’s solar industry has now reached a level that far exceeds average wages, with per worker subsidies as high as $240,000 US. Government support for solar energy between 2000 and 2010 is estimated to have a total net cost of $73.2 billion US, and $28.1 billion US for [...]

October 23, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Putting ethanol and solar subsidies in perspective

I have written elsewhere on the importance of both biofuels and solar power as components in a national energy solution, and have published elsewhere on the advantages and importance of solar feed-in tariffs. I begin with this statement because a comparison of ethanol and solar incentives is decidedly lopsided, and ethanol is a clear winner [...]

January 06, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0