[robertlagrant]

> In so far as most people here believe in capitalist markets, we can agree to disagree. But at the very least I don't think it's too radical pinko commie scum of me to suggest maybe large industries shouldn't be able to just... fuck their customers like this?

At least over here in the UK, people got money from other taxpayers to buy solar panels. This isn't a very capitalist scenario. You're right that some regulation around advertising TCO would have been useful, and markets that do well need informed consumers. So add good regulations and subtract incentives; both of these aren't things markets can control. They sound like government failings.