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'Unstoppable force' of solar power propels world to 40% clean electricity

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177 points belter | 2 comments | 08 Apr 25 10:11 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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bluescrn ◴[08 Apr 25 16:43 UTC] No.43623756[source]▶
Unstoppable force meets 104% tariff...
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api ◴[08 Apr 25 16:49 UTC] No.43623816[source]▶
First they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

Part of this extreme reckless tariff push is definitely protectionism for the fossil fuel industry.

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WillPostForFood ◴[08 Apr 25 17:05 UTC] No.43624000[source]▶
Do you think that was Biden's motivation when he put a 50% tariff on solar panels?

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ustr-biden-tariff-increase-...

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1. kstrauser ◴[08 Apr 25 17:20 UTC] No.43624188{3}[source]▶
> The move builds on tariff hikes finalized by the Biden administration in September that target strategic product categories from China

You can argue about whether tariffs are good or bad, but in any case there's a vast difference between "target[ing] strategic product categories" and bluntly hitting entire ccTLDs.

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2. bryanlarsen ◴[08 Apr 25 17:41 UTC] No.43624425[source]▶
The Biden tariffs were balanced by substantial incentives to build solar manufacturing capacity.

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The Chinese wasted way more money on Solyndra's than the US did. Most of their solar power startups were failures too. Yet now they dominate because they subsidized more than one and didn't give up after one failed.

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