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> If solar/wind/batteries/nuclear/hydro/whatever is better than oil, and there are high tariffs, the result will be onshore production of those technologies. I
by piva00 2y ago
> If solar/wind/batteries/nuclear/hydro/whatever is better than oil, and there are high tariffs, the result will be onshore production of those technologies.
It doesn't look like the USA in 2024 has the capacity to build the whole supply chain for these. Solar's supply chain depends a lot on China, batteries are Chinese/Japanese/Korean tech; even nuclear might depend on a supply chain from Canada. Hydro are huge infrastructure projects, when was the last successful and on budget big infrastructure project the USA rolled out?
There's an underlying assumption the US is incapable, at the moment, to roll out supply chains for all of these better technologies.
- fastball 2y agoThen the US should get capable. Within tariffs is the possibility to light a fire under domestic asses.
- piva00 2y agoOr of stoking a trade war that will bring a hammer down onto the economy with the potential of damaging a lot of lives with the following downwards spiral of higher prices, diminished consumption, unemployment resulting from that, rinse and repeat. Do you want to light a fire under domestic asses? Create incentives for it without having to hurt common people, your corporations and finance markets are incentivised to exploit your nation for profit, no matter the consequences, try to fix that issue instead.
- fastball 2y agoWhat is your suggestion?