Wednesday, December 22, 2004

Solar mecca?

How can it be that Germany is becoming the world's solar energy mecca? Answer: government determination. The German government has been subsidizing alternative and renewable energy for a long time in preparation for the day when fossil fuels would no longer be plentiful.

Even California, the leader in solar energy in the United States, is looking to Germany for guidance. What have we been thinking?

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