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We’re ready for them with current technology, the problem is regulatory.
by mattmaroon 10mo ago
We’re ready for them with current technology, the problem is regulatory.
- ceejayoz 10mo agoSome progress on that front: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/climate/trump-offshore-wind-federal-judge.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/climate/trump-offshore-wi... > A federal judge on Monday struck down President Trump’s halt on approvals of all wind power projects on federal lands and waters, dealing a significant legal setback to the administration’s campaign against wind farms.
- SideburnsOfDoom 10mo agoWho matches China's current scale and cost of producing solar panels? No-one is ready to compete.
- mattmaroon 10mo agoWe were talking about nuclear energy but… Nobody competes with China on lots of things because of government subsidies both direct and indirect (like devaluing currency). We could do those too if we had to.
- SideburnsOfDoom 10mo agoI agree that the problem is regulatory. But I don't think that it's easily waved away. Chinese solar and is a huge benefit to humankind, but also they have a commanding lead on it. And possibly in BEVs too.
- mattmaroon 10mo agoThey do, because the government decided to have a commanding lead on it and threw money at it. Which I wish we had done. Until 2020 we didn’t place much value on domestic manufacturing.