DuPont Says Solar Panels to Cost Less Than TVs

Solar panel prices, which have fallen 80 percent in the past three years, can fall further because the technology is simpler than many consumer electronics that are being made cheaper now, a DuPont & Co. (DD) executive said.

“Right now it would be cheaper to put 40-inch TVs on your roof than solar panels, which are much less complicated,” said Conrad Burke, general manager of the Wilmington, Delaware-based chemical company’s DuPont Innovalight unit, which makes a product that gets more power from panels.

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U.S. Inches Toward Goal of Energy Independence

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Thanks to the ACA, our son is fully covered

I have a son with a pre-existing eye condition that requires surgeries. My husband and I are both self-employed and secure our own health insurance. After my son’s first eye surgery in 2008, our insurance company dropped us, simply saying they can no longer extend coverage to us. The next company we got a policy from said that my son’s condition was excluded from coverage, so we had to pay not only the high monthly premium for our family’s health insurance, but also pay all his eye related medical costs out of pocket.

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