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there are nearly 3 million solar jobs in China. if there were 3 million solar jobs in the US, that would be yuge!
by jerkstate 9y ago
there are nearly 3 million solar jobs in China. if there were 3 million solar jobs in the US, that would be yuge!
- NTDF9 9y agoChina also sells to the rest of the world. Who will buy overpriced American solar panels?
- jerkstate 9y agoI think that the idea that the US can't manufacture things cost-effectively is as dangerous as it is ludicrous. China will be selling to less of the rest of the world once the rest of the world stops allowing economic dumping from China.
- Clubber 9y agoThey aren't necessarily overpriced, but China has a big trend of government heavily subsidizing it's "strategic" industries, of which solar is one. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-china-is-dominating-the-solar-industry/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-china-is-domi... Of course the point is to put everyone else out of business or crippled so China can reap all the profits. It's a fairly common monopolistic tactic.