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Who matches China's current scale and cost of producing solar panels? No-one is ready to compete.
by SideburnsOfDoom 11mo ago
Who matches China's current scale and cost of producing solar panels? No-one is ready to compete.
- mattmaroon 11mo 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 11mo 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 11mo 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.