Friedman on the Gas Tax

X-topher's picture

"While all the presidential candidates were railing about lost manufacturing jobs in Ohio, no one noticed that America’s premier solar company, First Solar, from Toledo, Ohio, was opening its newest factory in the former East Germany — 540 high-paying engineering jobs — because Germany has created a booming solar market and America has not."

And meanwhile, Clinton is talking about a stupid gas tax holiday. She needs to take a campaign holiday and join back up with the real world.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/opinion/30friedman.html?hp

Alex's picture

Speaking of Solar

Check out: http://www.sungevity.com/#start

I am also gonna be poking around with it in Brazil sometime soon.

And with wind too.

IndyFan's picture

Nice guy

Met a guy who does solar locally at Bike Fest last week. (He was repping' the crazy fast, motorized bike for a friend.)

Dr. Jay Sampat, South East Solar Co., http://www.southeastsolar.net.

roger3b's picture

debt

"When the summer is over, we will have increased our debt to China, increased our transfer of wealth to Saudi Arabia and increased our contribution to global warming for our kids to inherit."

ckdake's picture

But hey, everyone else is

But hey, everyone else is slowly getting screwed too! japan for example.

roger3b's picture

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what's a surplus?

ckdake's picture

something that in a few

something that in a few years only countries exporting massive quantities of oil will have!

Alex's picture

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

gabriel's picture

We are in the midst of a national political brownout.

We are in the midst of a national political brownout.