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10/10/2008 4:00 PM

First Solar, Inc. (FSLR)

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The Company designs and manufactures solar modules using a proprietary thin film semiconductor technology.

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Avatar dwot (100.00) Submitted: 6/27/07 10:18 PM : Underperform Start Price: $88.89 FSLR Score: -73.28

A P/E of 788?

Seriously, I might check this company out to see if it has products that can save me energy costs, but it looks like earnings growth has to increase about 20x or even 30x to justify the share price.

No kidding the CEO just sold 250,000 shares.

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Avatar SidBord (< 20) Submitted: 7/21/07 7:16 PM

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Solar products have a great future, but most of the good solar companies have gotten over-priced for now. Give 'em awhile to let earnings catch up with expectations, THEN buy some ... but not now.

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Avatar JJ2000426 (63.27) Submitted: 12/09/07 2:31 AM

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FSLR has a dark future ahead of itself due to a reason few even realize. It critically depends on the tellurium metal, an extremely scarce natural resource on earth. Glocal production of tellurium is only 215 tons a year. Industry demand excluding FSLR's own already exceeded the supply. Tellurium price has gone up dramatically. FSLR will be killed by competing tellurium demands and go bankrupt within 2 years.

Read these two Seeking Alpha articles:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/55959-the-tellurium-supernova

And:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/54614-first-solar-vulnerable-to-a-tellurium-shortage

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Avatar dwot (100.00) Submitted: 12/26/07 2:44 PM

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Have you checked out the toxicity of tellurium? First house fire with solar panels in a populated neighbourhood brings massive lawsuits and recalls.

Health effects of tellurium

Fortunately, tellurium compounds are encountered rarely by most people. They are teratogenic and should only be handled by competent chemists since ingestion in even small amounts causes dreadful smelling breath and appalling body odour.

Routes of exposure: The substance can be absorbed into the body by inhalation of its aerosol.

Inhalation risk: Evaporation at 20°C is negligible; a harmful concentration of airborne particles can, however, be reached quickly when dispersed. Effects of inhalation: Drowsiness. Dry mouth. Metal taste. Headache. Garlic odour. Nausea.

Effects of short-term exposure: The aerosol of this substance irritates the eyes and the respiratory tract. The substance may cause effects on the liver and central nervous system. Exposure may result in garlic-like breath. Medical observation is indicated. Ingestion: Abdominal pain. Constipation. Vomiting.

Chemical dangers: Upon heating, toxic fumes are formed. Reacts vigorously with halogens or interhalogens causing fire hazard. Reacts with zinc with incandescence. Lithium silicide attacks tellurium with incandescence. Combustible. Finely dispersed particles form explosive mixtures in air.

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