This is a bit like saying that the people causing panic over Y2K were unwarranted because everyone checked their systems and sorted it out in advance. If nobody had panicked about it, then nothing would have been done.
Solar has become economical at least partly because the subsidies are working, by causing economies of scale in manufacturing, novel process technology, etc.
(However, the single biggest solar development that's a byproduct of the silicon chip industry is the reduced kerf diamond wire saw used for cutting ingots with the minimum of waste)
Solar has become economical at least partly because the subsidies are working, by causing economies of scale in manufacturing, novel process technology, etc.
(However, the single biggest solar development that's a byproduct of the silicon chip industry is the reduced kerf diamond wire saw used for cutting ingots with the minimum of waste)