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You could buy every solar startup as soon as they get to X size. Also hardware startups do have significant barriers of entry.
by xyzzy4 11y ago
You could buy every solar startup as soon as they get to X size. Also hardware startups do have significant barriers of entry.
- rhino369 11y agoThen you'd get stuck buying half assed divisions of a bunch of F500 companies who get into the market just to profit off you. Plus you'd need unlimited capital for this plan. And current solar companies might go bankrupt before solar hits the scale needed to compete with fossil fuels. And the DOJ would sue you for antitrust violations. Standard Oil did your plan. That sort of thing won't be allowed again.
- xyzzy4 11y agoMany solar companies are international. They have highly optimized technology for reducing $/watt that can't be half-assed by Fortune 500 companies. Customer acquisition takes a while.
- BurningFrog 11y agoThis provides a huge incentive to start and finance new solar startups, and gets very expensive for this presumptive monopolist.