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submitted 6 months ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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According to Reuters, the fact that China is producing cheap solar panels that are helping the world transition from fossil fuels is bad actually.

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[+] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works -7 points 6 months ago (4 children)

At the risk of another ban 'with some module-only manufacturers taking orders at negative margins to preserve market share'

Cheap solar is good, government subsidized monopolies are not.

[–] Sagittarii@lemm.ee 13 points 6 months ago

It is, as China repeatedly keeps showing.

...and pretty much every single developed country in the world that have gotten there through state investment and subsidies.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 13 points 6 months ago

State industry is very good actually.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 months ago

What's wrong with state funding of green energy? Not only that, but helping the rest of the world to become less reliant on fossil fuels?

[–] naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 months ago

You mean...

Tesla? No, sorry, must have been Ford/GM.

Oh, my bad, Intel.

TSMC?

No? Oh. So it's only other governments subsidizing domestic businesses that's bad.