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In reply to the discussion: Trade agreements lower America's living standards to raise others. Angers me. [View all]kristopher
(29,798 posts)China is directly responsible for the price of solar plummeting and that has caused a huge global shift in energy investment towards solar. They took the world from about 12GW of PV manufacturing capacity per year to 52GW of manufacturing capacity per year almost overnight. Due mostly to their approach using massive investment in manufacturing they have turned the energy industry upside down. Just because they have inertia in their energy planning doesn't mean they are just playing games on the subject of renewables - they need energy and they are steadily (2 or 3 time per year it seems) and significantly expanding their renewable energy targets.
It's fashionable to be cynical about what they are doing so you've seen that message around a lot, but generally the sources don't really know what is going on.