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[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 42 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

You know what's funnier? I mean, it's not funny, but it also kind of is. At the same time, the Trump administration is pushing coal burning power plants. Aside from the high levels of pollution, including greenhouse gas emissions that coal plants produce, no one in the US is building new coal fired power plants. Twenty years ago, coal generated over 50% of the electric power in the US. Now it's less than 20%.

Even if they were, it takes years and a huge investment, including getting rail access to the plant, to even bring one online. Electric utilities spread their capital outlays over decades rather than years. So I would expect that convincing the industry to switch back to coal, with the understanding that they'll have to maintain new coal fired plants for the next 40 years, is going to be a nonstarter.

All tarrifing solar panels will do is push power utilities toward natural gas and exacerbate the (actually legitimate) issue of insufficient base load generation capacity that they've been whining about for years. Oh, and also kill residential solar projects.

Long way of saying this action will continue to weaken our already strained energy infrastructure. You could try to incentivise domestically produced solar panels. But this is not how you would do that.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 days ago

So what you are saying is that the US can look forward to South African style load shedding schedules for a few decades?

[–] keegomatic@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Tenty years ago

Actually, after “ninety” comes “one hundred”

[–] Sonor@lemmy.world 53 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why not 3522? I think that would really drive the point home

[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

You know I wasn't going to say it, but 3522 also isn't convincing to me. They'll still be two times cheaper than local options.

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 45 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Is there some kind of nazi numerology at work here?

3521% is oddly specific.

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 31 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Or just moron numerology. The last tariffs were calculated by taking the trade deficit and dividing that in two. E.g some country imports 10 billion to the US but exports only 5, so trump claimed there was a 50% "tariff" by that country and slapped 25% "counter tariffs" on them.

At least they capped it to a 10% minimum as otherwise there would be a bunch of countries the US should have added a negative tariff for making that stuff cheaper.

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well they are nazis so by proxy....moron numerology is right up their alley.

[–] Jyek@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

You might even called them Proxzis

[–] chaosCruiser 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

My guess is, he looked on his desk, saw 3 coke cans, 5 burger wraps, 2 sharpies and 1 diaper. A new trade policy was born that day from such an inspiring sight.

[–] 467265654C75696769@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

3+(5)+2+1

8< >8 By the weird power of made up numerology, that gives you 88, you can never be too careful with these lots.

[–] IAmJacksRage@lemm.ee 11 points 2 days ago

It’s called a self-embargo

[–] mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

At first, I thought it was 3 point 521 percent because we use "comma" for decimal points and "period" for thousand separators.

Nvm it is over 3000 percents !! Might as try 9999 % and make a meme out of it.

FFS which world lines are we on?

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago (2 children)

So many people didn't expect the insanity to return.

I have no idea why, other than I suppose they were too young the first time around.

[–] eronth@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Yeah maybe the youngest voters have that excuse kinda. Like, they were at least 14 at the end of his first term, which had plenty of shit go down, but most voters should be old enough to remember what fucking happened last time.

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Most people live in their own ass

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I mean I hope it’s just you in there.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago
[–] a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 3 days ago (1 children)

well, at that point the numbers lose their meaning.

[–] houseofleft@slrpnk.net 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, I don't understand (amongst many other things) why distinguish between 3,500% and 3,521%? What insane sum was used it generate that figure?

Also, at this point a part that costs $10 is now $362.10. Is there any point using tariffs here rather than just making them illegal?

[–] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Rich people can still buy them for their offgrid bunkers without having to bribe the court system this way.

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 30 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)
[–] univers3man@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago

How many assholes do we have on this ~~ship~~ administration?

[–] decapitae@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And people think there's no conspiracy from the oil companies.... Maybe instead of gasoline, we should try to use oil executives to make our cars go?

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Blubber from domestically grown land whales is an abundant resource in the US.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago

Some solar equipment exporters in Cambodia face the highest duties of 3,521% because of what was seen as a lack of cooperation with the Commerce Department investigation.

Products made in Malaysia by Chinese manufacturer Jinko Solar faced some of the lowest duties of just over 41%.

Another China-based firm, Trina Solar, faces tariffs of 375% for the products it makes in Thailand]Neither company immediately responded to requests for comment from BBC News.

[–] terminhell@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Why not just outright ban the import and sale of the items?

[–] Lembot_0002@lemm.ee 17 points 3 days ago (3 children)

That comma is a mantissa separator or just an aesthetic fluff? 3 with something or 3521?

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 12 points 3 days ago

In the US a comma is the thousand separator and a period is the mantissa separator.

[–] gedhrel@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

Thousands separator.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

The number looks like someone used 4 dices....

[–] Kualdir@feddit.nl 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's a comically high and specific %

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

You are 654,863,108% correct!

[–] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

I'll buy their solar panels, just make sure it doesn't depend on sun. We don't have sun in Belgium