silence7@slrpnk.net to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 19 days agoWhy are solar panels and batteries from China so cheap: It's more to do with automation and state-of-the art manufacturing processes than cheap labour.www.sustainabilitybynumbers.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkWhy are solar panels and batteries from China so cheap: It's more to do with automation and state-of-the art manufacturing processes than cheap labour.www.sustainabilitybynumbers.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square9linkfedilink
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-219 days agoHeadline conveniently leaves out the parts about subsidies and forced labor. https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2021/05/19/china-made-solar-cheap-through-coal-subsidies--forced-labor-not-efficiency/
minus-squarepageflight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoBut the article analyses those points and concludes (a) forced labor is bad but not a big part of the finances, and (b) the US does just as much subsidization.
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·19 days agoUS did subsidize but our Titans of the industry didn’t deliver 🤡 Also, US utilizes forced labour just at smaller scale.
minus-squarepaperBark@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoYa US prison labour system just hiding in the corner
Headline conveniently leaves out the parts about subsidies and forced labor.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2021/05/19/china-made-solar-cheap-through-coal-subsidies--forced-labor-not-efficiency/
But the article analyses those points and concludes (a) forced labor is bad but not a big part of the finances, and (b) the US does just as much subsidization.
US did subsidize but our Titans of the industry didn’t deliver 🤡
Also, US utilizes forced labour just at smaller scale.
Ya US prison labour system just hiding in the corner