Subsidies distort investment: since the German government fixed the price for solar power at munificent levels, the country has been sucking in huge numbers of solar panels that could be put to better use in sunnier climes.

• 补贴也扰乱了投资：自从德国政府将太阳能供电价格调整为一个十分高昂的价格，这个国家的国库就一直被这些本该被按在更阳光充足的地区的太阳能供电板搞的焦头烂额。