[cperciva]

Britain isn’t known for an abundance of sunshine, but Hanergy’s solar panels are designed to generate electricity from ultraviolet rays rather than sunlight.

Seems to me that these solar panels are designed to generate government subsidies more than anything else...

[7952]

The government in the UK is by far the biggest player in the energy market. For example in any offshore energy development they are the land owner, planning authority, biggest planning consultee, regulator, and may tax and subsidize.

Market competition in energy is arguably more about access to capital than consumer choice. Currently individuals provide most of the money through tax and bills but only large energy companies can easily access the resulting capital. It is wrong to criticize individuals for wanting access to this money.

[jadc]

More constructive criticism would be to offer some information on the expected efficiency of these panels as opposed to just dismissing them.