  The Citizen's Guide to the Future Feb. 7 2013 7:25 PM   It's
always sunny in Germany Just another sun-soaked afternoon in
Pillnitz, eastern Germany.  Photo by Matthias Hiekel/AFP/Getty
Images   Will Oremus Will Oremus   [Also on Slate: Read an
exclusive profile of Aaron Swartz]   "The industry's future
looks dim," intoned host Gretchen Carlson at the beginning of
the segment, which was preserved for posterity by the liberal
blog Media Matters for America. She and her co-host went on to
ridicule Obama's "failed" solar subsidies, adding, "The United
States simply hasn't figured out how to do solar cheaply and
effectively. You look at the country of Germany, it's working
out great for them." Near the end of the segment, it occurred to
Carlson to ask her expert guest, Fox Business reporter Shibani
Joshi, why it might be that Germany's solar-power sector is
doing so much better. "What was Germany doing correct? Are they
just a smaller country, and that made it more feasible?" Carlson
asked.  Joshi's jaw-dropping