Small-scale solar panels about the size of a door are poised to be plugged into more U.S. homes and apartments as homeowners and renters who want to harness the sun’s energy look for cheaper alternatives to rooftop installations.
    • roofuskit@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 个月前

      The price threw me, it’s just unbelievable that it’s that expensive for a battery-less 400 watt system. This moron got taken.

      • unexposedhazard
        4·
        2 个月前

        Yup, got ripped off hard. Are there import restrictions in the US that prevent people from buying dirrctly from china? Because most likely this 2000$ one is just a rebranded kit from China anyway.

        • roofuskit@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 个月前

          Tariffs, of course. Trump is doing the fossil fuel industry’s bidding trying to kill all renewables.

          • evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world
            2·
            2 个月前

            Solar panels got tariffed by Biden a couple month before trump took office.

            I believe it was because they determined that Vietnam was dumping panels at below cost, which is deemed an unfair trade practice. I noticed this because I preemptively bought a couple panels before trump was inaugurated, and like a week after I did, the tariff was announced.

              • unexposedhazard
                4·
                2 个月前

                https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ygdv47vlzo

                The US Commerce Department has announced plans to impose tariffs of up to 3,521% on imports of solar panels from four South East Asian countries.

                It comes after an investigation that began a year ago when several major solar equipment producers asked the administration of then-President Joe Biden to protect their US operations.

                Lmao you are right