Rarely mentioned in discussion of the economic meltdown in Spain is the fact that they have been a world leader in "green" technology; installing tons of solar arrays and fueling the demand required in order to ramp up production. Now, they're pulling the plug on all that. They've recognized that they can't keep spending $750,000 per "green job created" when they're going broke. "Going green" has put them deeply into the red, and so they're dropping out of the game. This will have a significant impact upon the solar cell and wind power industries, as they've relied upon Spain to boost investment.