Clean Energy Provided by Dirty Labor

 In June of 1979 Former President, jimmy carter planted 32 solar panels on the roof of the Whitehouse to help heat the mansion 42 years later and the panels are long gone however solar isn't seen as quirky anymore and Current president Joe Biden has released a 2$ trillion-dollar energy plan the only issue is that due to almost slave labor china can make the same panels for much cheaper whilst the US initially dominated the Chinese market in XianPing Controls the Market almost entirely now with the Chinese products being even cheaper in the European Market Jenny Chase, the head of solar analysis at BloombergNEF, told Politico. Companies and families eager to do their part for the environment are realizing that their solar panels may be the fruit of forced labor. I'm interested to see how the US will try to compete against the Dirty tactics of the Chinese. 



https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/12/clean-energy-china-xinjiang-uyghur-labor/ 

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  1. Nicole PriceApril 13, 2021 at 2:30 PM

    Hunter,
    I hate that everything has to be turned into a competition. But I also feel that the Chinese might be on to something. A lot of the time, people won't or cant put in effort toward energy and pollution control because they can't afford it. If more affordable and quality options were to be made more people would be able to take part thus increasing income of the companies allowing them to begin to have more higher quality products.

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  2. BobApril 20, 2021 at 10:38 AM

    Yes, there was some stir when Reagan had the solar panels taken down. I think because he thought they weren't aesthetically pleasing
    bob

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