Cheap Solar Power - President Obama's YouTube Interview 2011

President Obama answers the question "Why can't our nation's solar industries mass produce solar panels cheaper than some guy in his garage?" in his first post-State of the Union interview.

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[utoobguy25]

They dont want solar power to catch on, energy companies that is. Than all they could bill u for is service and maintenance, since they arent producing sunlight. Its not the government who decided if we get these things, its corporations. They are the ones financing all these politicians campaigns. Only way solar will catch on is if we boycott reg power (cant happen we rely on it too much), or they find a way to still make lots of money off us for using it.

[cocostain]

Great question and response. Please don't put ignorant comments on here.

[netttels]

RON PAUL 2012

[mediaphotographer]

lying piecs of shit!

[DDDarray]

Why is Obama contradicting what the email said??? The email guy says he can make solar panels one at a time in his garage cheaper than what American corporations can make them, and Obama says making things one at a time is too expensive, and new technology is very expensive.... dumb.

One plus one is three.

[radscorpion8]

@bobbytiger Scientists/engineers continue to improve the efficiency of solar cells every day, as with any technology. Its a bit simplistic to define something as failed; you could probably make a similar argument for the first computer ever built. They took up a lot of space (1800 square feet for the ENIAC for instance) and could only perform basic operations using punch cards. I'm sure you would label that as a "failed technology" too. Guess what your keyboard connects to? "Pee-brain" indeed

[utoobguy25]

while its true that not every area could harness solar power due to weather, there are many areas that could use it almost year round. You can put solar panels out in the desert or some area the sun is constantly shining, and just like a power plant u build a grid and send the power through power lines. solar doesnt have to be panels on everyones roof, they could build a power grid for it.

[mommaburt]

@hibyemypie I agree that solar power is a great alternative as well. It may be expensive in the beginning but will eventually pay off for all of us and our natural resources. Our natural resources is what we need to focus on saving considering that is what we need to survive later down the line. We are all a part of saving our planet and we cant be uspset with China for taking greater strides in doing so.

[TAMARLANE]

Cheap is a relative term. Solar energy will become cheap after the Obama administration makes fossil fuels cost more than solar energy. He has said he will increase the cost of energy to make it prohibitively expensive. Artificial, deliberate manipulation of energy costs to justify cap and trade and redistribution of wealth and fundamental transformation.

[bobbytiger]

Where has this pee-brain been?

Solar energy is not "a new technology".

It is a failed technology.