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What?? Aren't we supposed to be committed to reducing carbon emissions? Why is the government forcing me to pay more to do the right thing for the environment?
by joshhart 12y ago
What?? Aren't we supposed to be committed to reducing carbon emissions? Why is the government forcing me to pay more to do the right thing for the environment? If someone is willing to give us solar panels for super cheap why are we upset?
Many of the Chinese solar manufacturers are again making a profit. I find evidence that people are intentionally making panels below cost to be dubious. There was a war for market share and a lot of companies like Suntech Power went bankrupt. Seems like the market is working.
- adventured 12y agoMany of the Chinese manufacturers have been losing tons of money. SunTech of course famously imploded. So did LDK Solar. Trina Solar has been losing money for years: $376m in losses over fiscal 2011/12/13. ReneSola lost $501m over 2011/12/13 JS Solar lost $433m over 2011/12/13. Yingli Green Energy lost $1.32 billion over 2011/12/13. And in almost all of these instances, these companies lost money every single year referenced. Some of these companies have started to produce some profits again, with formerly very high oil. That of course is likely to reverse as fast as it surfaced. Politics move slower than quarterly results however, and the tariffs have likely been planned or lobbied for, for years.
- TheOtherHobbes 12y ago>Aren't we supposed to be committed to reducing carbon emissions? No. We should be committed to reducing carbon emissions. But so far, because we're not very good at thinking as a species and not just as individuals motivated solely by short-term competitive self-interest, we're very much not.