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Re:The U.S. will impose duties on solar equipment and washin... by JKCalhoun on Monday January 22, 2018 @05:21PM (#16208555)
Is this a stick rather than a carrot?

The carrot approach would have bene to prop up companies like Solyndra. We know how that was received.

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Re:The U.S. will impose duties on solar equipment and washin... by jessaustin on Monday January 22, 2018 @06:27PM (#16209163)
One wonders if Solyndra would have become such a political controversy if it hadn't been such a trainwreck as a business? Some might say that any firm that receives such gigantic government support will have similarly poor results, but at least Tesla seems a pretty good counterexample.
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Re:The U.S. will impose duties on solar equipment and washin... by Spivak on Monday January 22, 2018 @05:39PM (#16208739)
Stick is usually cheaper when you're looking at minimizing the on-paper spending of the federal budget.
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