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China has flooded the market with so many solar panels that people are using them as garden fencing (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Solar panels — 80% of which are made in China — are so cheap that they're now being used to line garden fences in Germany and the Netherlands, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

??? so fucking shut down the coal plants then

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

China is building more coal plants but might burn less coal

Coal will take on the role of ‘peaker plants

https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/china-coal-plants

Wait for a year or two. Then the west will have nothing on China.

[–] Minarble 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Interesting article well worth the read thanks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

You're welcome.

You convinced me ti post it as as standalone post. Lemmy can do with more content so I figured why not.