HAVE A NICE DAY: Tom Friedman identifies feed-in tariff policies as the common denominator of solar power success

In this New York Times Op Ed, Tom Friedman looks around the world to see what's making other countries leaders in solar power. What he finds is that almost all the  countries who are leaders in solar energy have feed-in tariff policies: "The reason that all these other countries are building solar-panel industries today is because most of their governments have put in place the three perquisites for growing a renewable energy industry: 1) any business or homeowner can generate solar energy; 2) if they decide to do so, the power utility has to connect them to the grid; and 3) the utility has to buy the power for a predictable period at a price that is a no-brainer good deal for the family or business putting the solar panels on their rooftop." Read more.