It isn't a technical problem though, it's just a lot easier when you have China's trio of: Government subsidized energy Criminally cheap and unsafe labor No

It isn't a technical problem though, it's just a lot easier when you have China's trio of: Government subsidized energy Criminally cheap and unsafe labor No cares for the local environmental effects It's a cost issue, because in the US or EU none of those three factors are present. Instead we've all 'outsourced' that mess to China.