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Chinese Lawmakers' New Renewable Energy Policy Will Benefit Solar Companies

I cautiously second sirfisup, above, about STP. They seem pretty above-board in their postings to stockholders, and I have always found their website to be interesting and useful. They have installed base around the world, in places where I have confidence they have been thoroughly vetted and where pictures of past projects are posted as testimonials. They have a wide array of products, mono-, poly-, and BIPV. They say they are using the downturn to improve manufacturing processes, to be ready when things start to go again.

Disclosure: I own a small position in STP.

Seven New Developments in Renewable Energy

The dam is going to break even in the U.S. where a dazzling array of corruption has up to this time prevented us from leading.

Here, public-utility cooperatives can probably lead the charge because they don't have to be burdened with the drag of greedy-CEO syndrome, anyway some of them don't.

I know China has probably has some dazzling corruption of its own, but given the consequences if one is caught, I really don't think it comes up to our knees, if there is a way to measure corruption.

Is there a greedy-CEO corruption index some place? If not, there should be. It might help out the ordinary working people of the world.

Having been to China, I just did not detect our level of corruption.

Maybe rate of incarceration per 100,000 persons would be a measure. I believe if we measure that way, the U.S. comes out first (Cheney owns private-prison stock, according to a recent lawsuit in Texas).

China, I believe, comes out second.

Disclosure: I own STP