Solar Panel Manufacturing, Ontario versus China

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has been touting so called green jobs, especially solar, produced in Ontario due to high feed in tariffs and made in Ontario requirements. Here's a Star article with McGuinty on the campaign trail at a solar panel manufacturing plant.

With three US solar firms declaring bankruptcy recently, here's a good Guardian article on how China is basically taking over the solar industry, in part due to cheap government loans. My prediction for the solar manufacturing companies operating in Ontario? The vast majority gone in five years. Solar panel manufacturing is becoming a commodity where cheap labour is the ultimate cost driver. Subsidizing this industry in Ontario is a pointless social engineering endeavor.

For laughs, here's a complaint about where a neighbour placed their solar panels.