Even without new incentives in place, several scientific breakthroughs have already crossed department lines.

"But without some tax breaks or other incentives, landlords won't be able to meet that goal."

When those dry up next month, the selling rate might have fallen to 5.5 million without incentives.

But opponents, he said, insist that without such financial incentives the nation's low savings rate would further drop.

And that will require hot new products that sell without incentives.

"I think getting the workers to do this thing without incentives is going to be difficult."

A traditional investment in photovoltaics without incentives would take 12 or more years to pay back the initial cost.

The private sector has also played a large role in revitalizing the area, even without public aid and incentives.

Committed employees do their best without special financial incentives or fear of the boot.

Without incentives, they said, this latest surge of interest may fizzle, too.