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Re:Solarpunk is already happening in Africa by testing22321 on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @05:42PM (#45829075)
Tariffs (government tax) on Chinese panels, corruption (companies bribing(lobbying) to get monopolies on installs) and more corruption ( power companies bribing to get guaranteed profits)

Based on comments here my 7.8kw rooftop solar in Canada was 3-5x cheaper than people pay in the US. It was $8k CAD ($5,660 usd) My Dad in Australia got a 10kw system fully installed for $5k AUD ($3,250 usd)

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Re:Solarpunk is already happening in Africa by bave8672 on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @07:24PM (#45829904)
To be fair, prices in Aus have been heavily subsidised until recently.
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Re:Solarpunk is already happening in Africa by testing22321 on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @10:02PM (#45830894)
Of course, which is a great thing!

When you buy corn or gas or tires for your car do you really care if it’s subsidized and say something like “oh yeah it was $x, but heavily subsidized”?

Of course not, you only care about how much it costs you.

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Re:Solarpunk is already happening in Africa by bave8672 on Thursday November 06, 2025 @01:02AM (#45831969)
On the contrary, I care because I don't buy these things at all, yet my taxes are being used to subsidise the people that do.
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Re:Solarpunk is already happening in Africa by testing22321 on Thursday November 06, 2025 @01:50PM (#45838812)
You don’t buy any foods with corn in them?

Or use fossil fuels?

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