Spain's government is simply trying to hide the fact that it is the #1 problem in the Spanish economy. [after the 2008 recession, economic researchers at Univer

Spain's government is simply trying to hide the fact that it is the #1 problem in the Spanish economy. [after the 2008 recession, economic researchers at Univerisidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid put out an analysis of the government's investments in alternative energy, which had been lavish. Results: every alternative energy job created resulted in 2.2 jobs lost in the rest of the economy. The average alternative energy job cost the taxpayer $800,000. Each job in the wind industry cost the taxpayer $1.4 million. The subsidies for photovoltaic installations were such that people would buy a solar panel, which would then qualify them for getting "net metering". They would then buy a gas generator and drive the meter backwards, and make enough money to pay for the generator, gasoline, the disconnected solar panel, and a tidy profit.