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"the US is going to be left in the dust in terms of renewable technology" China is already dominating the battery and solar panel industry. You really have to
by Jyaif 9y ago
"the US is going to be left in the dust in terms of renewable technology"
China is already dominating the battery and solar panel industry.
You really have to stop thinking of the US as being #1.
- mac01021 9y agoThe parent never said that the US is #1. He just implied that they're not "left in the dust" yet, whatever that might mean.
- conjecTech 9y agoThey have the cheapest panels, sure, but that's because they're being actively subsidized in an attempt to kill of competition. To my knowledge SunPower still has the highest efficiency production panels and First Solar still has the lowest demonstrated cost per watt for anything over moderate insolation.
- okreallywtf 9y agoGranted that is a common misconception in my country (luckily it is showing some wear) but that wasn't really what I meant. We have the capacity to be #1 in renewable energy in terms of capital and knowledge, but unfortunately we don't have the drive and we have a population where a fair percentage of us would burn coal just to spite the rest of the world.