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Falling panel prices lead to global solar boom, except for the US

(arstechnica.com)
249 points Jtsummers | 2 comments | 30 Oct 25 16:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.55s | source
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jameslk ◴[30 Oct 25 17:08 UTC] No.45762342[source]▶
80% of the supply chain for solar is based in China[0]. As long as this is the case, it is unlikely there will be as much demand in the US for it due to new Cold War and bipartisan efforts to tariff solar panels from China

The article seems to leave this important detail out, despite talking a lot about China

0. https://www.iea.org/reports/solar-pv-global-supply-chains/ex...

EDIT: it looks like the article does mention it, I just missed it:

> The huge surfeit of production capacity in China, which produced about eight out of 10 of the world’s solar modules in 2024

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happosai ◴[30 Oct 25 17:22 UTC] No.45762535[source]▶
I didn't expect China to become the solution provider for global warming while USA contribution to the world is mostly climate change denial. Yet here we are...
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1. dylan604 ◴[30 Oct 25 18:48 UTC] No.45763737[source]▶
The fact that the US shifted their pollution away from something that causes obvious to anyone issues like acid rain to something that is more easily deniable makes it easy to deny climate change. The hole in the ozone layer stopped growing as well. Maybe it will take that level of problems to start in the US again for changes to happen??
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2. joquarky ◴[30 Oct 25 21:04 UTC] No.45765330[source]▶
We are distracted by bread and circuses.

Soon to be just circuses.