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Deregulated energy markets accelerate solar adoption

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71 points seanobannon | 2 comments | 24 Mar 25 16:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.013s | source
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makotech221 ◴[24 Mar 25 16:46 UTC] No.43462977[source]▶
Gimme a break. Compare China's centralized economy's solar/wind/nuclear production to the entirety of the west's decentralized, privatized economy. not even close.
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epidemiology ◴[24 Mar 25 17:13 UTC] No.43463242[source]▶
China burns more coal than the rest of the world combined.
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1. barbazoo ◴[24 Mar 25 17:16 UTC] No.43463264[source]▶
To power the factories that build the products we so desperately need for a price we can afford.

If we stopped buying shit we don't need, they could easily turn off a good portion of their coal powered electricity plants if they wanted.

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2. merely-unlikely ◴[24 Mar 25 17:58 UTC] No.43463687[source]▶
> If we stopped buying shit we don't need, they could easily turn off a good portion of their coal powered electricity plants if they wanted.

If they wanted. China has a policy of overproduction, especially in raw materials like steel. While the US subsidizes consumption, China subsidizes production. It is not clear they would elect to scale back (and take the economic hit) even if Western consumers decided to voluntarily cut back (which also seems unlikely).