Solar Fibs

At the Paris Climate Change summit, grasping at straws, our PM said “And by 2018 over 60 per cent of the world’s solar cells are to use technology developed by Australian researchers.”

That is 60% of cells might incorporate technology concepts developed at UNSW. In terms of the total contribution of all Australian solar technology I’d put the number closer to 1%.

And the licence fees for using this technology? Currently it’s zero and will remain so.

Exports of technology products? Currently we have one company exporting main stream solar technology. And I run it.

Fuckwits.