What??? I would really like to know about what you are commenting. I do this kind of blog post all of the time, picking up text, graphics, adding my own graphics. I don't know where any infection could come into play here.

Avira is kinda paranoid

Good post mitrichr

You know, I put this thread on Watch; but I am not getting notices via email of new posts. I tried to find the profile page where I coould check my settings, I cannot find it anywhere.

Any help??

Strangely, that WSJ article's author had written another article - also in 2011 - that covers some big players investing in alternative energy to include solar. That is not something the big guys do - particularly not those from traditional industry sectors - unless they either see a near certainty for a return on their investment or they seek to lay claim to new technology (whether to monopolize or bury it is an open question).

When you read something in the WSJ, you have to remember that rag was purchased by an entity that shows a clear preference in political parties - which yields a clear preference for the status quo of dependence upon the energy suppliers who have long funded that political party. Because I am easily amused, I would like to quote Ayn Rand's work Anthem where those who embody the status quo respond to the "threat" perceived by the reinvention of the light bulb:Big Carbon - the hydrocarbons and coal industries - are the "Department of Candles". They will do what they can to ensure that they are not displaced. Certainly they do not abstain from political intervention, which in combination with their advertising forces me to conclude that it is unwise to rule out their manipulation of the public via purpose-built "journalism" in "friendly" media sources. If you wished to starve new solar ventures of start-up capital, the WSJ would be an ideal venue for your effort.