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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: 0.043s | 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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LetsGetTechnicl ◴[09 Jul 25 13:40 UTC] No.44509934[source]▶
What "critical look" is there to take? How about the way that the US gov't subsidizes the oil and gas industry, and is about to restart the coal industry? For some reason gov't investment in industry is only bad when China does it.
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1. Propelloni ◴[10 Jul 25 07:52 UTC] No.44518453[source]▶
Nobody complains about China investing in its private industry, all wealthy nations do that. Everybody complains that China is a dictatorship that a) treats its people like shit, b) exploits these shitty conditions to gain global market advantage with state-owned companies, and c) keeps foreign companies from exploiting it, too.

Obviously it is more complex than that, but in a nutshell it's part butt-hurt and part amalgamation of state and private enterprise that does not mesh well with classic liberal ideas of freedom and human dignity.

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2. closewith ◴[10 Jul 25 08:36 UTC] No.44518715[source]▶
The Government and actions of the United States also does not mesh well classic liberal ideas of freedom and human dignity, so this seems to be a hypocritical complaint.
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3. Propelloni ◴[10 Jul 25 12:26 UTC] No.44520224[source]▶
Sorry, I'm not in the USA. And while the current US government is pretty bad, it is not a dictatorship. Protests like the "No Kings" are unimaginable in China, just consider the Tiananmen Square massacre.