How many gallons of gasoline would it take to charge an iPhone?

Re:How many gallons of gasoline would it take to charge an i... by tkahn6 on Wednesday February 08, 2012 @12:29PM (#3567458)

> Evidently the free market is awesome except when it results in cheap products that threaten an established industry.

China actively and heavily subsidizes its solar industry. That is hardly the result of a free market.

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Re:How many gallons of gasoline would it take to charge an i... by Adaptive on Wednesday February 08, 2012 @02:32PM (#3568050)

I agree and instead of tariffs I'd rather see the US put some money behind domestic solar. I don't want subsidized goods to kill the domestic mfgrs, but I'd love to see us combine our technical innovations in solar with a full court press to get the industry off the ground.

I'd say the same for modern nuclear.

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