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Casting a Harsh Light On Chinese Solar Panels

Posted by timothy on from the anyone-up-for-dim-sun? dept.

New submitter Eugriped3z writes with an article in the New York Times that "indicates that manufacturing defect rates for solar panels manufactured in China vary widely, anywhere from 5-22%. Secrecy in the terms of settlements negotiated by attorneys representing multi-million dollar installations perpetuate the problem by masking the identity of unscrupulous or incompetent actors. Meanwhile, Reuters reports that unit labor costs in Mexico are now lower than in China."

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  1. Re:Mexico! by unixisc · · Score: 3, Funny

    It solves another issue as well. We have limitless illegal immigration from Mexico. Once they start making things there, Americans can retaliate by illegally immigrating to Mexico, and working in their solar panel plants. Also, so far, bilingual education in schools hasn't done much good, but if more Spanish speaking Americans move to Mexico to take these jobs, it would have done some good. As far as the cartels go, they can then move to China - the market there is 4 times that of the US.