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Solar power has begun to transform the world’s energy system

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353 points dmazin | 3 comments | 09 Jul 25 12:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.906s | source
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arh5451 ◴[09 Jul 25 13:30 UTC] No.44509839[source]▶
Nice article explaining solar energy policy. I think the article still doesn't address the mismatch between solar energy production and consumption, which needs to be filled by storage mechanisms. Also would have been nice to have a critical look at how the Chinese were able to corner the Solar market via state sponsored means.
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1. georgemcbay ◴[09 Jul 25 16:34 UTC] No.44512036[source]▶
> Also would have been nice to have a critical look at how the Chinese were able to corner the Solar market via state sponsored means.

What if... (stick with me here because this is about to get crazy)... free market capitalism isn't the best solution for everything...?

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2. throwaway2037 ◴[10 Jul 25 09:46 UTC] No.44519160[source]▶
The correct solution is to make China pay tariffs in proportion to their explicit and implicit state support for their "private" industries. It is not too late to push back.
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3. olddustytrail ◴[10 Jul 25 16:27 UTC] No.44522747[source]▶
You can't make China pay tariffs because it's not the exporter that pays them, it's the importer.

Tariffs in the USA are basically a tax on Americans. The aim being to make imported goods more expensive for Americans so they're more likely to buy local goods which would otherwise be more expensive than the imported version.