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To: i-node who wrote (736273)8/31/2013 3:00:41 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1578334
 
That was not at all what happened, though. There is a market for solar panels, but the Chinese want to corner that market like they have done with rare earth elements.

So it is not at all analogous.



To: i-node who wrote (736273)8/31/2013 3:16:52 PM
From: J_F_Shepard  Read Replies (5) | Respond to of 1578334
 
Unfortunately, when private enterprise invests taxpayer dollars, it creates a perverse incentive to invest in projects that cannot trigger growth because they don't make economic sense.
USDA subsidies for farms in Arkansas totaled $10,817,000,000 from 1995 through 2012.

Farms produce green products...


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