The article that I read was "Subsidies for German solar industry to shrink more quickly than intended," can be found at http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5124204,00.html. The article describes how the Germans taxpayers are paying 3 percent of the subsidies for the solar energy industry. A consumer advocate group is trying to reduce that amount again, although some consumers would be okay with paying higher subsidies in order to promote solar energy. The article states as well that half of the solar panels that are made are installed on German houses.
I personally like the fact that Germans seem to be proactive on trying to go green by using a natural source for energy. I can actually swing to either side of the argument of whether to keep the subsidies steady or to cut them. I would like to see the subsidies go down for the consumer so that they could have more money to spend elsewhere. The business of solar energy is said to have going up quite rapidly in Germany, according to the article, so I don't think that it would be a great deal if the subsidies decreased. On the other hand, is the solar business large enough that if the subsidies were completely eliminated that the solar companies could continue to make a profit without a problem.
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hey i read the article and think its a great idea what the germans are doing. in my opinion, anyone who wants to complain about it should move out and live off the land. As populations grow in all nations regulations need to made in order to maintain the easy technologically advanced lifestyle. It blows my mind that people would actually complain about having to pay a solar tax. Yea i'd like to challenge them to a chess boxing match, skip the chess.
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