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Relying on China as a trade partner, who has been hostile to the US in every way except kinetic, is a hidden cost of those "cheap" panels. Is China's an economy
by midtake 3y ago
Relying on China as a trade partner, who has been hostile to the US in every way except kinetic, is a hidden cost of those "cheap" panels. Is China's an economy whose growth you want to willingly contribute to? That is sort of like not reading the geopolitical room.
- chii 3y agowhile the geopolitical take is true, the economic sacrifice you'd have by not taking china's surplus is actually not benefitial. The solar panels can enable other industries locally. For example, cheap and plentiful electricity can be used to produce local stuff that costs energy. And solar panel production is not really "strategically" important - in a kinetic war, china can withold solar panels and it would not make a difference in the war. Therefore, there's no reason not to import cheap panels.