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AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

It’s not about regulation. China has almost the complete photovoltaic production of the world. Essentially all panels installed in the rest of the world are also Chinese. It’s about a smart government knowing which technologies to pursue, instead of things like the Spanish “sun tax” of the 2010s that killed whatever solar industry there might have been in the sunniest country in Europe.

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lipilee@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
oh yeah, that too.

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ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
It’s about energy independence. The CCP doesn’t give a fuck about the environment, but not having to bring in energy from out of country is high on any governments priority list.

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- AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  That’s why China is working hard on the greatest desert reforestation projects in the world, and why it exports an insane amount of solar panels instead of keeping them for themselves.
  
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  - ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    
    it exports an insane amount of solar panels instead of keeping them for themselves
    
    How altruistic of them.
    
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    AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Not about altruism, just contradicts your prior claim of “energy security”. Maybe they’re switching to renewables because they do care about the environment and because they’re affordable?
    
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