• Grimy@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    That’s true and all but this decision is solely about oil barons and their fat fucking profits.

    Its no coincidence that they are going after electric cars and solar panels. Chinese workers have had it rough for 30 years but green tech is where we draw the line and not literally everything else, who believes this?

    Its not to protect the economy, it’s not to protect the Chinese workers.

    This is only about oil profits.

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      2 months ago

      China did the same thing with solar panels a decade ago. It’s the reason why my wife’s employer shut down and hundreds of people lost their job. Having endless money to subsidize your product and sell it well below cost doesn’t lead to more competition or better options. It puts everyone out of business and creates a monopoly for the country doing the subsidies who then has no reason to keep the price low.