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Right-wing media (Not this article, but the outlet is owned by Rupert Murdoch) generally paints solar with a broad brush as an industry relying purely on govern
by adrenalinelol 10y ago
Right-wing media (Not this article, but the outlet is owned by Rupert Murdoch) generally paints solar with a broad brush as an industry relying purely on government subsidy for its existence and removal of such would = their demise. There is of course large conflicts of interest because fossil fuel interests are politically aligned with conservatives in America (I'd assume so in the EU too?).
- abtinf 10y agoI can't seem to connect your two sentences. Is your claim that solar energy would not collapse if subsidies were removed? I can think of a few examples of solar firms that failed even after being given massive subsidies. I'm not sure to which conflict you refer when you mention an alignment of interests between fossil fuels and conservatives. And I'm not sure how the conflict, whatever it is, relates to whether or not solar companies have a viable business model.
- knz 10y ago> I can think of a few examples of solar firms that failed even after being given massive subsidies. Many car companies have collapsed over the last century. I assume the intention of a subsidy is to support the industry as well as the specific company?