Why America Doesn’t Make Solar Panels Anymore

This is because California solar manufacturers were no longer able to send tanker trucks laden with cadmium-tainted industrial waste-water out of state for wanton and random culvert disposals by independent truckers.

Yes, this is that hidden eco-cyclic cadmium crisis that US will be experiencing until enough plants absorb the cadmium away.

"Whereas Japan had no solar industry to speak of in 1980, it was producing nearly half the world’s solar panels by 2005."

How does Japan manage to manufacture price competitive products while also maintaining a relatively high standard/cost of living?

I had a hard time following the logic here, it almost reads like a pitch for the governments climate and infrastructure plan.