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I love having our energy grid being reliant on a geopolitical rival. I'm sure this won't end in disaster >China makes 80% of global solar panels >controls 95%
by ren_engineer 3y ago
I love having our energy grid being reliant on a geopolitical rival. I'm sure this won't end in disaster
>China makes 80% of global solar panels
>controls 95% of overall supply chain for solar
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/energy/china-to-dominate-95-of-solar-panel-supply-chain-83651 https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/energy/china-to-dominate...
- baron816 3y agoThis is what the a big part of the Inflation Reduction Act was meant to address. You can thank Biden and Manchin for taking action to address your concerns.
- r00fus 3y agoWe only have ourselves to blame (mostly due to being in the pockets of Big Oil/Coal).
- unethical_ban 3y agoI dislike when people criticize something without being inquisitive or acknowledging the elephant in the room. What is your alternative? Continue heating the planet through burning oil/NG/coal? Develop solar panels domestically and wait to flip to solar (missing out on benefits in the meantime)? Nuclear?
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- VintageCool 3y agoIf China stops selling us solar panels, the ones we already have will keep producing power and we'll be just fine. I feel like you're making an analogy here to 1973 when Saudi Arabia cut off the supply of oil or 2022 when Russia cut off the supply of fossil gas, but the analogy doesn't work.