• brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    What do you believe is so unique about China’s PV production that couldn’t/haven’t been reproduced by the rest of the world? I mean, other than the ability to undercut developed countries by ignoring externalities and the damage caused to the environment by the extremely polluting extraction and refining process…

    The fuck are you talking about? The rest of the world definitely does reproduce that.

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      9 months ago

      care to elaborate? The rest of the world definitely has higher environmental standards (and, more importantly, enforcement of them) than China. And that is a significant driver of the cost. You should read about the history of the PV industry in Germany before throwing insults.

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        9 months ago

        The rest of the world definitely has higher environmental standards (and, more importantly, enforcement of them) than China.

        Source: your ass

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          9 months ago

          What’s the deal with you, exactly? Are you denying the many substantiated academic reports of environmental damage caused by rare-earth extraction and refining as part of some anti-China conspiracy? Just so I know if it’s worthy of my time to engage at all.

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            9 months ago

            Your claims were that no other country other than China “undercut[s] developed countries by ignoring externalities and the damage caused to the environment by the extremely polluting extraction and refining process” and “The rest of the world definitely has higher environmental standards than China.”

            That you’re now pretending your claim was just that rare earth mining causes any environmental damage at all makes it pretty fucking obvious that you’re being wilfully dishonest.