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An edit of a meme, from a cartoon by Tom Gauld, to apply to trade wars. Two very similar-looking countries are on opposite sides of a river. One is labelled “Our Blessed Homeland”, the other “Their Barbarous Wastes”. Jenny Chase has edited the text below so that “Our Blessed Homeland” has “Our Support for Strategic Industries” while Their Barbarous Wastes has “Their Filthy Production Subsidies”. Likewise ”Our Investment in the Energy Transition”, “Their Profit-chasing Bandwagon-Jumping”. “Our Free Market Competition Benefitting Consumers ,”Their Terrible Dumping at Cost”. “Our Innovative Collaborative Companies”, “Their Nasty Cartels”.

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An edit of a meme, from a cartoon by Tom Gauld, to apply to trade wars. Two very similar-looking countries are on opposite sides of a river. One is labelled “Our Blessed Homeland”, the other “Their Barbarous Wastes”. Jenny Chase has edited the text below so that “Our Blessed Homeland” has “Our Support for Strategic Industries” while Their Barbarous Wastes has “Their Filthy Production Subsidies”. Likewise ”Our Investment in the Energy Transition”, “Their Profit-chasing Bandwagon-Jumping”. “Our Free Market Competition Benefitting Consumers ,”Their Terrible Dumping at Cost”. “Our Innovative Collaborative Companies”, “Their Nasty Cartels”.
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Jenny Chase (solar_chase@mastodon.green)'s status on Saturday, 28-Sep-2024 22:29:00 JST Jenny Chase
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8. India and the US have solar import tariffs, so modules are pricier there (~17 and ~28 cents/W respectively). Both countries are subsidizing local manufacturing capacity. This is a perfectly good strategy as long as it doesn’t slow down their energy transition, but...

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