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« on: September 25, 2017, 01:35:39 PM »
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-solar-tariffs-20170922-story.html

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Thoughts?
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« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2017, 01:43:03 PM »
Fossil fuel industry?
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« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2017, 02:28:56 PM »

Sure.
I wouldn't doubt if they are also whispering in the prez's ear.
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« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2017, 02:59:00 PM »
protectionism is always bad
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« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2017, 02:59:42 PM »
Trump will likely continue to be bad for America and good for our rivals, particularly Russia. His cultists will continue to be too dumb to notice.
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« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2017, 04:05:12 PM »
A good way to make CA hate Trump even more. Could also hurt him in AZ and NC.
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« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2017, 04:37:23 PM »
What a terrible idea
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« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2017, 04:40:30 PM »
Seems to be a bad idea.
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« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2017, 04:45:57 PM »
Muh free market
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« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2017, 05:31:14 PM »
My heart breaks for these multinational corporations.
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« Reply #10 on: September 25, 2017, 05:56:53 PM »
Unsurprisingly, Trump continues to completely ignore history. Tariffs have never ended well for us.
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« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2017, 06:00:13 PM »
Sorta unrelated, but I know that if Trump imposes tariffs in a broader sense, 20% of my MSA's economy evaporates almost overnight - more than any other MSA in the nation. We lost 25% of our workforce between 2006-2010 and nowhere near that has been replaced since.
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« Reply #12 on: September 25, 2017, 06:24:36 PM »
Its crazy that literally everything Trump does I strongly disagree with. We urgently need more green energy on this planet and we're at a point where research and development have started to make some solar economically viable for once....but the health of the planet is not good enough because 'Murica first and somehow ambiguous lines on a map mean we have to shove free market capitalism, environmentalism, and logic aside just so a few clunky manufacturers can survive.

I'm so close to voting for a Dem in 2020 just to end this mess.
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« Reply #13 on: September 25, 2017, 06:32:43 PM »
Solar is not the answer.  It doesn't generate much.  Forget about it, total waste of time.
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« Reply #14 on: September 25, 2017, 06:44:36 PM »
Quote from: Green Line on September 25, 2017, 06:32:43 PM
Solar is not the answer.  It doesn't generate much.  Forget about it, total waste of time.

It'll eventually be a necessity.
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« Reply #15 on: September 25, 2017, 09:16:37 PM »
Putting aside what is almost surely another lazy troll post from GL, solar is not just about it being a renewable source that can help us cut emissions. It's also about decentralizing the power grid, and leaving us less vulnerable to natural (or man-made) disasters. It makes no sense to remain addicted to a central power source when many of us could start adequately powering our own homes using free energy from the sun.
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« Reply #16 on: September 26, 2017, 02:32:08 AM »
Quote from: Green Line on September 25, 2017, 06:32:43 PM
Solar is not the answer.  It doesn't generate much.  Forget about it, total waste of time.
It's cheap (without tariffs, in a free trade environment, I think it's now the cheapest).

It's becoming more efficient with time/research.

If we soon get a battery breakthrough, which many think is coming, then it becomes much more valuable and could really take off.
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« Reply #17 on: September 26, 2017, 06:40:35 AM »
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« Reply #18 on: September 26, 2017, 06:46:04 AM »
But not oil? Sad!
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« Reply #19 on: September 26, 2017, 07:02:07 AM »
Quote from: Green Line on September 25, 2017, 06:32:43 PM
Solar is not the answer.  It doesn't generate much.  Forget about it, total waste of time.

The math as changed greatly. We're installing enough solar on our roof to support all of our annual usage, including air conditioning.
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« Reply #20 on: September 26, 2017, 12:04:52 PM »
Great. Coal is a better energy source, and it makes the liberals mad, which is a plus.
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« Reply #21 on: September 26, 2017, 12:14:18 PM »
Quote from: Smilin Jim on September 26, 2017, 12:04:52 PM
Great. Coal is a better energy source, and it makes the liberals mad, which is a plus.
If you want to learn how to be a good troll, read Sprouts’s posts. Your posts are minor league; very shoddy work. Sad!
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« Reply #22 on: September 26, 2017, 12:14:39 PM »
Quote from: Smilin Jim on September 26, 2017, 12:04:52 PM
Great. Coal is a better energy source, and it makes the liberals mad, which is a plus.

I know you're a newbie, but if you're going to troll, at least be good at it.
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« Reply #23 on: September 26, 2017, 12:40:22 PM »
Quote from: PragmaticPopulist on September 25, 2017, 04:05:12 PM
A good way to make CA hate Trump even more. Could also hurt him in AZ and NC.

I can hardly imagine a state in which solar panels would do more good than Arizona.

OK... Texas, although those would compete with the almighty fossil-fuels industry.
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« Reply #24 on: September 26, 2017, 03:49:19 PM »
On a related note, I've always wondered why solar power doesn't have a bigger following in the "off-the-grid" rabid right-wing "self-reliance" types. Presumably because thinly veiled fossil fuel subsidies are the good type of government?
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