posted by leo
on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 09:56
From this morning's NPR report on production of solar panels:
[U.S. manufacturer Gordon] Brinser claims China is threatening that vision by flooding the U.S. with cheap solar panels. He claims China subsidizes its solar panel industry to the tune of $30 billion a year, yet uses only a small percentage of the panels it makes. "So obviously," he says, "these subsidies have gone into the industry, and their full intention is to export and control markets in other countries." [emphasis added]
Brinser 'claims'? Like the reporter couldn't get off his tookus and verify these things one way or the other? No way! Instead, we're served up with the usual 'he-said/she-said' journalism.
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