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Re:Plunging costs make solar, wind and battery storage cheap... by politician on Monday January 29, 2018 @01:20PM (#16259430)
Is the 40GW of production in China a "tax farm"? Your argument that "solar is a gimmick because tax subsidies" seems flawed when international counterexamples are considered.
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Re:Plunging costs make solar, wind and battery storage cheap... by maoistinquisitr on Monday January 29, 2018 @01:29PM (#16259489)
> Is the 40GW of production in China a "tax farm"?

According to everything I can find online the answer is a clear Yes?

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Re:Plunging costs make solar, wind and battery storage cheap... by phil248 on Monday January 29, 2018 @09:43PM (#16262504)
What you call a "tax farm" is traditionally called industrial policy, and it has an exceptionally good track record.
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