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The birth of a power source / Roland Kupers, Project Syndicate, 1/11/2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/rkupers3/English Germany has just crossed the threshold of 20% renewable power – honoring its 2020 commitment to the European Union eight years ahead of schedule. As a bonus, towards the end of the decade, the world will also thank Germany for affordable solar power – not because the technology was invented there, but because its citizens will have paid for the critical cost-reduction phase by offering a large market...