• TheOubliette
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    3 days ago

    Of course! Thank you for your question and your position as well

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      2 days ago

      Well, my position is not exactly in agreement. While I was curious, I think there are far more reasons to apply tariffs to certain products than simply wanting another cold war.

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        2 days ago

        Well the US has no stimulate-able domestic industry so isolating China is the only realistic option. And this has been clear for at least a decade. There is no domestic industry making these things at any usable scale.

        Medium-scale solar panel installations are backed up over a year btw.

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          2 days ago

          US manufacturing currently sat at 26 GW annually, with a 71% increase in the first quarter of the year. Demand being high is also unsurprising.

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            2 days ago

            Over a year delay is clearly demonstrable undercapacity

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              2 days ago

              Yes, most certainly. Spikes in demand can do that. If 71% growth remains consistent, it’ll be resolved in short order. Though it’ll probably dip as the overall manufacturing capacity increases, since its just a percentage of the total.

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                  2 days ago

                  Makes sense, Biden’s big investment was just a few years ago. A single year out for medium-sized facilities is very manageable though. Hopefully demand continues to increase alongside production, and it remains a years wait for several years. That would be a sign that demand is continuing to increase.

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                    2 days ago

                    Biden’s “big investment” went to finance and high tech wages, not production capacity.

                    And no it’s not particularly manageable the industry will need a bailout or fail shortly. They were already bailed out once w/ Silicon Valley Bank, if you recall. They were all rolled up in that. It is needed again because they are not doing well.