As far as the chineese products pricing us out of the market. Well, you get what you pay for. How reliable are these chineese panels? A panel with a 25 year warranty on it is worthless to me if after 6 or 8 years it is leaking or has metal migration or other issues. Even if you get a new one for free, there is still the hastle of uninstalling / reinstalling not to mention the cost and lost production.

While competition generally is a good thing in that it is helping lower prices, if it drives US makers out of business then it's not advantageous and perhaps the US makers need to relook at their methods.

I will have to say though, heavy government subsidies is NOT the solution either. If a business can't thrive on it's own without a huge constant infusion from the government then it doesn't need to be there. We can see the problem with an endless supply of Taxpayer money to failing companies by looking at how many billions GM is into the taxpayers for over the years.

While we need to look into alternative energy sources, we need to also make them economical and profitable for the makers and sellers, yet affordable to the end user so there is a market that is genuinely sustainable.