I copied the heading and text as supplied by the original writer (with attribution). I did not try and finesse the wording so as to attempt to make it apolitical, non political or PC. My main focus in posting was on the likely implications for cost and availability of PV products. I see from response so far that potentially troublesome other non-list-suitable aspcts could arise. Let's try and avoid too much of them :-). R --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .