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Tue May 1, 2012, 10:40 AM

FBaggins (11,791 posts)

2. Big solar has won?

What an interesting perspective on the concept of "winning".

"Big oil" normally refers to the the companies that extract and sell oil and refined products... so "big solar" presumably refers to the companies that produce and sell solar panels. Since many have gone out of business and most of the rest of seen dramatic collapses in profitability and stock price... to what extent have they "won"?

Take, for instance, SPWR (boosted to a "buy" by this analyst). Certainly... a 12% jump to $6.25 a share is a really nice day for any investor... but let's not forget that it was at almost $135/shr just a few short years ago. YGE is similarly down 90% even after this morning's 9% climb.

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36 replies	Author	Time	Post
Solar Stks Rally; Citi Analyst Calls Bottom [View all]	FBaggins	May 2012	OP
Yep	RobertEarl	May 2012	#1
Big solar has won?	FBaggins	May 2012	#2
I hear you	RobertEarl	May 2012	#3
All the billions trying to kill it?	FBaggins	May 2012	#4
Every rooftop is "few"??	RobertEarl	May 2012	#6
Lol.	FBaggins	May 2012	#8
Image in this	RobertEarl	May 2012	#9
Lovely imagination you have.	FBaggins	May 2012	#10
You have no imagination?	RobertEarl	May 2012	#11
You're kidding, right?	FBaggins	May 2012	#12
Geeez	RobertEarl	May 2012	#13
Lol... try a little reading comprehension.	FBaggins	May 2012	#14
damn	RobertEarl	May 2012	#15
You think solar power systems are immune to solar storms?	NickB79	May 2012	#16
Were you under the impression that the grid becomes safe...	FBaggins	May 2012	#17
Here's ya some internet	RobertEarl	May 2012	#18
Thanks for proving my point.	FBaggins	May 2012	#19
heh	RobertEarl	May 2012	#20
Can you give a few examples?	FBaggins	May 2012	#21
This says nothing about using solar to run back-up generators at NPP's	NickB79	May 2012	#22
I know that	RobertEarl	May 2012	#23
Of course a solar array would work	kristopher	May 2012	#24
Then why don't you take a shot at the question?	FBaggins	May 2012	#25
Baggins, baggins, baggins	RobertEarl	May 2012	#27
Please provide this "consensus" you speak of.	FBaggins	May 2012	#29
Whoa, Dude	RobertEarl	May 2012	#30
Lol... what a shocker.	FBaggins	May 2012	#32
Louisiana Solar Rebates and Incentives	kristopher	May 2012	#33
Sorry... you're really going to run with that?	FBaggins	May 2012	#34
I think you and Fbaggins are talking past each other here	NickB79	May 2012	#35
There was significant press coverage that all the wind and most of the solar survived Fukushima.	kristopher	May 2012	#36
You and your constant stream of red herrings become very tiresome	kristopher	May 2012	#28
I think he's losing it, Kris	RobertEarl	May 2012	#31
yep	RobertEarl	May 2012	#26
Baggins is in denial...	kristopher	May 2012	#5
He is in 'somewhere'	RobertEarl	May 2012	#7

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