This reflects a protracted period of weak external demand with consequent strongly negative effects on exports and increasing uncertainty about high-growth emerging countries.
Meanwhile, solar energy costs would be competitive today with fossil fuels if all of the external costs of the latter were counted, such as the effects on air and water quality, and ultimately on human health, Orts points out.
The overriding lesson is clear: in this age of increasing web application complexity, know the external services upon which your site depends and have plans in place to mute the inevitable ripple effects that will occur.