PV market is shut off to China

[Captain Bill]

It seems to me the west has been in a trade war with China for about 20 years, so far China has been the only side fighting.

[Nicholson58]

Originally Posted by tropicalescape

I was wondering if I was the only person that monitered Socialist Radio,given that Mr. Romney was going to butcher Big Bird, It would have been bad to see Diane Rhmes and Garrison Kellor go by the wayside...

I thought Garrison was Big Bird.

[Nicholson58]

Originally Posted by zeehag

hay--npr has the click and clack show--and blues on sat in sd-- love it!!

Click & Clack are retired! its all re-runs or were they bought out by the Chinese?

[ozskipper]

Somehow there seems to be a feeling of some great chinese Conspiracy. To me it appears that they are simply being better businessmen than us in the west.

We are moving more and more towards free markets- which is sensible and naturally means that some countries wont be competative on certain products. The Wests RnD Ying to the asian cheap labour Yang.

As we head into the Asian Century, the west will slide back somewhat. China will be the worlds biggest economy in 20 years and is already outsourcing. Its natural that items from china will become more expensive. Soon (a decade or so) we will find cheap boating products coming from less traditional sources - Vietnam or Cambodia instead of China.

[zeehag]

Originally Posted by Nicholson58

I thought Garrison was Big Bird.

"Click & Clack are retired! its all re-runs or were they bought out by the Chinese?"



dang --i thought click and clack were big bird..now i am sooo disappointed......


when did they retire????? they not allowed to do that....was one of the best shows i ever knew ..

[atoll]

more backward thinking on the part of the powers that be pandering to the lobbying of energy companies,selling their black tobbacco,cheap pv panels,wind power and other sustainable sources of energy are the way forward.

[Travelnik]

Originally Posted by Captain Bill

It seems to me the west has been in a trade war with China for about 20 years, so far China has been the only side fighting.

Yep...The rise of the Ka-Ching Dynasty!

Today Wal-Mart...Tomorrow-The World!

[Cheechako]

Originally Posted by Captain Bill

It seems to me the west has been in a trade war with China for about 20 years, so far China has been the only side fighting.

Yep, Obama finally called their bluff when they were flooding the market with cheap tires. Looks like he has again. Bravo!
"Somehow there seems to be a feeling of some great chinese Conspiracy. To me it appears that they are simply being better businessmen than us in the west. "
They are good business men, but much is financially supported by the govt , worse is the pollution etc. A level playing field would be nice...
I really cant find dog snacks that arent made in china, and the chinese ones are killing dogs due to heavy metals and other problems. I figured it out the other day, steak is about the same price as dog treats!

[tropicalescape]

Originally Posted by foggysail

Maybe today's article in the WSJ is missing something. Yes, it clearly states 24-36% tariffs for Chinese panel makers. It said nothing about 250%.

There is something else that appears to be overlooked. "The current tariffs won't apply to panels whose solar cells were made outside China." Think about that!

I recall reading some months ago how DM solar panels escaped tariffs by manufacturing their cells outside China although the panels were assembled in China. The Great One's action will cause some financial pain although I doubt the tariffs will have any significant immediate financial impact.

Foggy

I think that we should see an immediate financial impact as this is just the start of something a lot bigger ...With the world in the same position as it was at the start of WWI(Russia bound by alligance / Prinsepe kills Arch Duke/starts WWI , Flash forward 2012 Russia aligence to Syria & Iran/Iran is to be denied the capability to build a nuclear bomb/China swore Tiawan will never claim independence ,if so they face war/invasion!/China and Russia big buddies again/America swore to protect Tiawan and Japan/Japan and China have very serious historic troubles....When Mitt Romney said he would create jobs, he was going to label China a currency manliputator from day one and that would have been the "come out swingging scenerio".Something must be done about the way China has been playing ball. China is feeling the pressure right now in real time ,there economy is going to continue to grow at aprox. 6-7-8 % over the next few yrs but, the good ole days of "Socialism with Chinese Characteristics" is coming to an end!(New pharse coming out of the most recent political party congress meetings in China now is, "Socialism with Chinese Characteristics ", they think that it is going to be business as usual)...

[markpierce]

Originally Posted by Cheechako

I really cant find dog snacks that arent made in china, and the chinese ones are killing dogs due to heavy metals and other problems. I figured it out the other day, steak is about the same price as dog treats!

Sounds like the smart move is to feed your dog steak.

[Uncle Bob]

Originally Posted by CCBullseye

Reading the first post enlightened me as to what PV meant and I was a C- student in high school.

Braggard!!

[ozskipper]

Originally Posted by Captain Bill

It seems to me the west has been in a trade war with China for about 20 years, so far China has been the only side fighting.

Quite the opposite imho. The US and west have been dictating trade agreements to developing nations for decades.

Its strange that in the west we have this god given expectation that we can sell what we like when we like, but when other countries have control of a market we get all upset.

[Sumner]

I read some of this elsewhere a few weeks ago and called the people we have been getting our panels from thinking prices were going to go way up. He told me that their current prices already reflect the new policies.

12 volt panels from them had gotten as low as $1.00 a watt and now are about $1.45 a watt. Sure that is higher but, how many people bought at the $1.00 a watt price? At $1.45 a watt that is still a lot better than even 2 years ago and way, way better than when I bought a 40 watt panel for over $400 about 15 years ago.

One way they can get around the tariffs is they don't apply as much to cells as far as I can tell, just complete panels, so some are getting around the major hit by assembling the final panels here. I wonder if some of the panels that are often touted as good marine panels actually get the individual cells from China.

Also if you move away from panels that are designed for 12 volt applications you can still find panels for less than a $1.00 a watt and these could be use for 12 volt applications with a MPPT controller.

Sum

[svfinlandia]

Originally Posted by David M

Although easier than typing out the entire word, the problem with using acronyms is that not everyone will know what you are talking about. It's usually better to make a few more keystrokes unless you are certain your entire audience is familiar with the acronym.

Or at least define the acronym the first time you use it.

Al, S/V Finlandia

[capngeo]

Guys... Although everyone is so far behaving, politics is verboten here on CF. Please keep on the topic of PV dumping, or the thread will be locked.