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At least a couple of years ago, the machines needed for all of that came from Europe. China is cheaper due to scale and better silicium supply chains. We could
by hef19898 4y ago
At least a couple of years ago, the machines needed for all of that came from Europe. China is cheaper due to scale and better silicium supply chains. We could move cell and panel manufacturing back to the US and Europe, if we were willing to accept higher prices. Which we don't, not in the US nor Europe. So, this move will happen when China goes to war woth Taiwan, not before.
- birdyrooster 4y agoAnd China can’t go to war with Taiwan until new pipelines are built into Siberia. Russia is still strong enough to stop China from outright taking it and a partnership to build those pipelines is still more than five years away to securing energy for Beijing which cannot be so easily blockaded as the Strait of Malacca.
- hef19898 4y agoAnd if Ukraine showed the Chinese something, it is that an invasion if far, far from a walk in the park with a sure outcome.
- ben_w 4y agoI'd have hoped the reference class for a superpower that doesn't like the politics of a small island just off its shores would be the disastrous failure of the Bay Of Pigs invasion of Cuba. But that may be optimistic. My reference class for the war against Ukraine is the war against Vietnam.