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by JumpCrisscross
111 days ago
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> Because the opponents of it have the deepest pockets of literally anybody in the world Yet somehow these opponents have been ham fisted when it comes to opposing the projects which make commercial sense? > In this context political advocacy, education, and subsidy remain absolutely imperative Agree. But the bans were counterproductive. > There is no "free market" You're the only one in this thread who's brought up free markets. > It's also actually also an emergency In a sense. I'd underscore, again, that the breathless activism did approximately nothing–the actual gains came from China pursuing national-security interests and market forces driving the deployment and development of solar, wind and batteries. |
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The subsidies for solar in places like Germany in the 2000's were crucial for the insane solar cost curve we have today. Those subsidies primarily came from "breathless activism" IMO.