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More than 30% of world’s electricity now comes from renewables, report reveals (www.euronews.com)

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[-] considine@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 months ago

And to celebrate that fact, Europe is joining the US in imposing massive tariffs on China's electric vehicles and solar cells. Yay.

[-] ArrogantAnalyst@infosec.pub 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

That’s a good thing imo. We do this so we can build up an industry for these things at home. That’s an important long term goal, too. If the last years have shown us anything it’s that being solely dependent on another state for certain critical stuff is a bad idea. And I’d say this is especially true for China.

Edit: btw German talking here, not American.

[-] gandalf_der_12te 2 points 3 months ago

That’s a good thing imo. We do this so we can build up an industry for these things at home.

Unfortunately, most countries haven't really done much to invest into the production of solar cells in their home country in the last twenty years (Germany is a noteworthy exception), so why would they start now?

Realistically, imposing tariffs on chinese PV cells will only slow the energy transition, instead of building up domestic production.