• prolepylene [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    7 months ago

    In the last year or two we’ve finally hit a point in the United States where the price, availability, and reliability of solar assemblies makes solar farms cheaper and more reliable than fossil fuel plants, and where individuals could get solar panels installed in the roof of their home or business for the cost of a used car.

    This tariff throws that progress away. So much for the Biden regime’s stance that market mechanisms will solve climate change.

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      7 months ago

      It’s an absolute terrible move. Subsidies for domestic production are good, but slowing green energy growth is inconceivable.