*frosty*
BUT my argument around the cost vs quality is purely selfish. I live and breath it every day, plus I deal with the customer after they've been done over by the industries cowboys who promise the world, import rubbish and leave the customer wondering why their 1 kw system doesn't generate 25kwh per day in Melbourne.
I think we are talking about new technology, not old technology done cheap and bad. Sliver (and other) PV technology allows the construction of quality panels at a lesser cost.
Also are you saying that some "cowboys" over promise (by a factor of 6 or 7) on what a 1 kWh system is capable of producing per day on average? They should be drummed out of the industry if that is the case.