Commentary Say it ain’t so Joe. Your decision on Feb. 4 to remove tariffs on bifacial solar panels imported from China is a death sentence for U.S. solar panel producers, and a giant step toward building American industry down instead of back as you claim you wish to do. Let’s go back in history a bit. Photovoltaic technology was born in the United States in 1954 when Daryl Chapin, Calvin Fuller, and Gerald Pearson developed the first silicon photovoltaic cell at Bell Labs. In 1973, the University of Delaware built the first photovoltaic-powered home named “Solar One.” In 2000, First Solar of Perrysburg, Ohio built the world’s largest photovoltaic manufacturing plant and astronauts at the International Space Station began installing its solar panels in space. In the 1960s-80s, U.S. producers dominated the global market with a 95 percent market share. Then the market environment changed dramatically. High U.S. interest rates …