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  1. 02-08-2013, 10:02 AM #1
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    Default Solar power does not work in the US...

    Because according to FOX, it is not sunny, like... Germany.
    Fox News expert on solar energy: Germany gets "a lot more sun than we do." [VIDEO]

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    Perfectly logical.... i knew the Germans were hiding something from us.
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    Oh dear... Export opportunity for Germany? Lol
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    When did Fox News become a comedy channel?

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    I view all news with a jaundiced eye as I grow older. It is unbelievable some of the 'truths' that the media tries to put forth. No, I am not paranoid or an OMG the sky is falling type, just realize that the 'news' usually has an agenda. Sometimes there is a wide gap between the truth and the facts. How sad.
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    Can we pay them to put up a big mirror over there in Germany and give us a break? It's the least they can do after we've bought all those Mercedes, Audis and Porsches.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ace View Post
    Can we pay them to put up a big mirror over there in Germany and give us a break? It's the least they can do after we've bought all those Mercedes, Audis and Porsches.
    Pay them! After all we have done for them by relieving them from their own folly 3 times in the last century, they should graciously be hanging those mirrors to share the sun with us.

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    Those three should sit on the southern side of my roof for twelve hours in July. They might notice some sun while they are up there.

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    "According to my research...". lol! I'm surprised this woman has the audacity to even mention the word "research" when she displays such mind-boggling ignorance on this issue.

    One of the things you might consider if appearing on a news segment as an expert on the business of green power is to look at the world leaders in this technology and their business model. You might then compare and contrast your country's approach and draw some conclusions from it.

    Or perhaps talk about a comparable metric when it comes to seed funding and subsidies? I'd like to know, for example, what proportion of the American GDP the total solar or green Govt. subsidy payments represent, and compare that to say Germany's proportion. But no, that would perhaps be too informative and probably approaching something like too much effort on this "journalists" behalf.

    Here's hoping this is not indicative of the general approach Fox News takes to its news and "expert" opinion.

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    Really Jimbo, I am shocked you could be so misinformed...Perhaps Aunty Jimbo would care to take a run at it?
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