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Re:New Wyoming bill forbids utilities from using renewables by gaius on Sunday January 22, 2017 @01:15PM (#13456327)
Where are solar panels made? Are they being dumped on the market? </rhetorical>
Re:New Wyoming bill forbids utilities from using renewables by thephyber on Sunday January 22, 2017 @01:43PM (#13456471)
Logical fallacy. Solar panels are not the only form of renewable that are hurt by this rent-seeking legislation.

And I honestly don't even care if solar panels are created elsewhere for cheaper than market rates. That means the utility would be able to supply Wyoming energy subsidized by Chinese tax payers. Eventually China will have to deal with their own tax deficits. They have already started to cancel coal power plant projects[1].

[1] China Cancels 103 Coal Plants, Mindful of Smog and Wasted Capacity (NYTimes, 2017-01-18) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/world/.../china-coal-powe...

Re:New Wyoming bill forbids utilities from using renewables by pjc50 on Sunday January 22, 2017 @01:41PM (#13456457)
Why ignore renewables that are being subsidised by another country?
Re:New Wyoming bill forbids utilities from using renewables by cloakandswagger on Sunday January 22, 2017 @04:04PM (#13457460)
There's a reason anti-dumping laws exist.
Re:New Wyoming bill forbids utilities from using renewables by the8472 on Sunday January 22, 2017 @01:38PM (#13456440)
Even if we accepted that kind of reasoning, it is not applicable to wind, because shipping is really problematic due to their ever-increasing sizes, so they're usually produced locally.
Re:New Wyoming bill forbids utilities from using renewables by nine_k on Sunday January 22, 2017 @01:37PM (#13456436)
OK, let's require that the renewable tech is only allowed if made on the US soil? Anything less wholesale.