Submitted by Jim Stack (not verified) on February 7, 2008 - 6:54pm.
These new Solar IPOs have a long way to go to beat Phoenix Arizona based First Solar. In 2007 they went from $10 a share to over 270. They don't use any silicon and are sold out for the next 2 years.
The China based solar companies look very dim compared to great American pure play leaders like Evergreen solar ESRL and Sun Power SPWR. All American companies can compete and win but we have to get our priorities straight first.
Solar energy doesn't make any pollution or use any water and the fuel is free. Compare that to coal which still supplies over 50% of the electric in the USA. Or Natural gas that was used for almost every peaking power plant built in the last 10 years. Or even nuclear that is the most expensive power ever made, uses lots of water and mades radio active waste we have to store for thousands of years.
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Solar IPOs have a long way to beat Phoenix based First Solar
These new Solar IPOs have a long way to go to beat Phoenix Arizona based First Solar. In 2007 they went from $10 a share to over 270. They don't use any silicon and are sold out for the next 2 years.
The China based solar companies look very dim compared to great American pure play leaders like Evergreen solar ESRL and Sun Power SPWR. All American companies can compete and win but we have to get our priorities straight first.
Solar energy doesn't make any pollution or use any water and the fuel is free. Compare that to coal which still supplies over 50% of the electric in the USA. Or Natural gas that was used for almost every peaking power plant built in the last 10 years. Or even nuclear that is the most expensive power ever made, uses lots of water and mades radio active waste we have to store for thousands of years.