silence7@slrpnk.net to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months 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-square10fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down13
arrow-up169arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squarepageflight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 months 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-up3·2 months 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-up7·2 months agoYa US prison labour system just hiding in the corner
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