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Subsidies are not the big item. Solar doesn't need subsidies any more. It's Trump's huge tariffs on solar panels.[1] 54% on China. 3500% on Cambodia. [1] https
by Animats 1y ago
Subsidies are not the big item. Solar doesn't need subsidies any more.
It's Trump's huge tariffs on solar panels.[1] 54% on China. 3500% on Cambodia.
[1] https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/22/business/us-tariffs-southeast-asia-solar-panels-intl/ https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/22/business/us-tariffs-southeast...
- EA-3167 1y agoOf course it needs subsidies, it's competing with other forms of energy generation that are either heavily subsidized, freed from the cost of their externalities, or both.
- taylodl 1y agoBingo. Solar isn't competing in a fair playing field. We've been subsidizing energy for decades and people seem to have forgotten that we do so.