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

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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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[-] match@pawb.social 18 points 7 months ago

??? so fucking shut down the coal plants then

[-] Wanderer@lemm.ee 12 points 7 months ago

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@aussie.zone 5 points 7 months ago

Interesting article well worth the read thanks.

[-] Wanderer@lemm.ee 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.

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