This is most interesting news; we know that solar energy is inefficient and not worth the cost in the West-- but its popularity in China indicates that many Chinese think otherwise. Resource availability (including regularity of sunlight) in China might be different from that in the West; fossil fuels might be more expensive relative to the earnings of the average Chinese worker, for example. So it is possible that solar energy might actually be genuinely profitable in China-- which might mean that the Chinese will develop and improve solar energy technology without the need for massive subsidies from Western taxpayers. See Dr. Belew's blog at
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