And the moment China had the manufacturing base the German government decided to massively reduce the subsidiaries for solar. More or less killing the German so

And the moment China had the manufacturing base the German government decided to massively reduce the subsidiaries for solar. More or less killing the German solar industry. One could argue that that is what the market should do with non competitive players. But on the other hand more jobs were lost in solar than are now being saved in coal with massive subsidiaries (on the scale of 80k € per job in the coal industry towards the companies in that market if I remember correctly). While I as a consumer have to pay around 1/3 of my gas price as 'tax' for the development of eco friendly tech. Were the solar subsidiaries still in place when we bought and remodeled our home we would have gone more solar than just a little bit for hot water. It just didn't calculate for a two person home on the timescale of 30 years. And solar panels back then had an estimated lifespan of 15 to 25 years. But that is just anecdata