@ravenonthill @cstross Any time we want to start factories with good union jobs making solar panels, it's not any more difficult than finding the money.

(And there's a shortage of productive investment opportunities.)

Solar PV as a technology is not defined by Chinese Communist Party policy.

@graydon @cstross Biden was working in that direction. Many of his economic programs were very good. He got no credit for them and the public complained that his good economy was bad.

Meantime, I intend to keep nagging people about slavery in China because it looks very much like we are heading for a global renewables market with slavery at its base. I regret to say that slavery seems to be making a comeback in many forms and many places.

https://adviceunasked.blogspot.com/2026/01/xinjiang-slavery-and-solar-panels.html

https://adviceunasked.blogspot.com/2026/02/slavery-and-solar-panels-bibliography.html