Comment on Cheap solar is transforming lives and economies across AfricaComments−SapporoChris8moGist of the article. China is a hero for ushering in affordable renewable energy. USA is the tired backward proponent of fossil fuels.This is an area ripe for change. Politics aside, how can we make the world a better place?−triceratops8moPolitics aside, how can we make the world a better place?We can't put politics aside. It's a big reason the world is the way it is.−tim3338moAside from the obvious do what you can stuff, there's a big change coming with AI so we can maybe try to see that goes well?−therobots9278moPolitics aside, the Trump admin killed the solar tax subsidy.−Rebelgecko8moplus the huge tariffs on panels. Even taking VAT into account you can get like 4x more wattage per dollar in the EU than the US−01HNNWZ0MV43FF8moPlus they gutted the EPA and routinely go to bat for hydrocarbon fuels
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Gist of the article. China is a hero for ushering in affordable renewable energy. USA is the tired backward proponent of fossil fuels.
This is an area ripe for change. Politics aside, how can we make the world a better place?
We can't put politics aside. It's a big reason the world is the way it is.
Aside from the obvious do what you can stuff, there's a big change coming with AI so we can maybe try to see that goes well?
Politics aside, the Trump admin killed the solar tax subsidy.
plus the huge tariffs on panels. Even taking VAT into account you can get like 4x more wattage per dollar in the EU than the US
Plus they gutted the EPA and routinely go to bat for hydrocarbon fuels