Why 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.com)

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Headline conveniently leaves out the parts about subsidies and forced labor.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2021/05/19/china-made-solar-cheap-through-coal-subsidies--forced-labor-not-efficiency/

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

US did subsidize but our Titans of the industry didn't deliver 🤡

Also, US utilizes forced labour just at smaller scale.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Ya US prison labour system just hiding in the corner

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