• unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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    8 days ago

    Yup, got ripped off hard. Are there import restrictions in the US that prevent people from buying dirrctly from china? Because most likely this 2000$ one is just a rebranded kit from China anyway.

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      8 days ago

      Tariffs, of course. Trump is doing the fossil fuel industry’s bidding trying to kill all renewables.

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        5 days ago

        Solar panels got tariffed by Biden a couple month before trump took office.

        I believe it was because they determined that Vietnam was dumping panels at below cost, which is deemed an unfair trade practice. I noticed this because I preemptively bought a couple panels before trump was inaugurated, and like a week after I did, the tariff was announced.