It's hard to feel bad for Elon Musk. He's got a hot wife, a hot ex-wife, kids who will probably be geniuses, he makes a car people love and a rocket people love. A rocket! But, somehow, his solar company, Solar City (NASDAQ: SCTY), is going down in flames. This is the company he famously got off the ground after getting a ton of government subsidies, so it is worrisome that they are struggling. The government is unlikely to step in and help them again. This is a bummer to me, because of all the technologies that Elon works on, this is the one I am most excited for. If we can harness the power of the sun, then the sky is the limit. Aren't you sick of looking at your average basil plant and thinking "that little guy can turn the sun into energy, and I can't? He's like, 3 inches tall and doesn't have a brain!" Now, I understand that there are incredibly smart people working on solving this problem. It's hard. Which is why, if your tech isn't perfect, your business plan better be. And Solar City's isn't. Until one of those two improve, I think they continue to tumble.