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Replying to my sibling: solar got cheap because China decided to be rid of pollution and started mass producing. There have been also some improvements on the
by jokethrowaway 5y ago
Replying to my sibling: solar got cheap because China decided to be rid of pollution and started mass producing.
There have been also some improvements on the research side but China was the largest effect.
- foxyv 5y agoTo further support this, the top 4 polysilicon producers in the world are ALL in China. You can watch the price of polysilicon explode in 2008 when China got serious about pollution then drop like a rock immediately afterwards when they started making in en-masse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycrystalline_silicon#/media/File:Polysilicon_prices_history_since_2004.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycrystalline_silicon#/media...