• Abracadaniel [he/him]
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    432 months ago

    On NPR today they were like “China is making so many solar panels that it’s lowering their price” implying this was bad because… 🤷

    When interviewing people from Chinese industry they were like “overproduction is just a sign of a mature industry” “just innovate lol”

    • Mardoniush [she/her]
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      182 months ago

      Even Chinese businesses can just throw out some Marxist Economics principles and the West reels.

    • @knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml
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      172 months ago

      Remember ten years ago when massive German subsidies were the driving force behind the dropping price of solar panels globally, and western media made a fuss about it? Yeah, me neither.

    • EmoThugInMyPhase [he/him]
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      162 months ago

      It’s bad because they’ll have to start implementing their milquetoast climate change policies instead of just performatively talk about it in speeches. If China produces the required equipment then the west have run out of excuses for why they can’t even implement basic shit