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The thing you and other commenters seem to be missing: there are no environmental impact studies on panels produced in China. They're not letting anyone near th
by brnt 5y ago
The thing you and other commenters seem to be missing: there are no environmental impact studies on panels produced in China. They're not letting anyone near their production sites. So called Chinese environmental studies are the actual PR pieces here. Meanwhile Chinese rivers tell the tale.
German manufacturing obeys far, far more stringent environmental parameters and is consequently more expensive. Its worth paying the premium if we want solar because of the climate.
- kragen 5y agoWhat part of China do you live in where the production sites are somewhere other than in the middle of a major city? One significant difference between environmental regulatory regimes in Germany and China is that in Germany there is no death penalty for polluters. Regardless, my comment wasn't about what would be good or bad or what was worth paying or whether the environmental costs of Chinese PV manufacturing are 9% higher than those of Europe or 13% higher or 90% lower, and according to what measures (information you somehow seem to have forgotten to include in your comment too). It was about what economic circumstances must obtain for local production of PV modules to be economically competitive with modules shipped in from overseas, whether the modules are shipped from Germany, from China, or from Indonesia.
- brnt 5y agoMy message was not about providing you with my research, no. If you care about that, I invite you to do your own literature study.