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by Jtsummers
456 days ago
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kragen's point is that worrying about solar panel embargos is unreasonable given the duration that panels last. An oil embargo is much more impactful to the US. A 6 month oil embargo would significantly harm the US despite our diversified energy infrastructure. A 6 month solar panel embargo wouldn't be a blip even if we were getting 100% of our energy from solar (+ battery storage, presumably). The panels we have will still be working. For it to be impactful: 1. The embargo would have to last decades. 2. The US would have to sit on its hands for those decades and deliberately choose not to develop its own manufacturing capability. |
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An oil embarge is absolutely more impactful than a PV embargo. That doesn't mean the latter isn't a problem.
> embargo would have to last decades.
My point is it wouldn't. An embargo would immediately limit America's ability to grow its energy base and replace e.g. panels destroyed closer to China (or hell, on the homeland through presumably sabotage). If you're at war and your energy is capped while your enemy's isn't, that's a strategic problem. Waiting for that predictable problem to manifest versus cauterising it today is madness.