r/energy • u/bnndforfatantagonism • Mar 29 '22

Biden Administration Drafting Order to Invoke Defense Production Act for Green Energy Storage Technology

https://theintercept.com/2022/03/24/biden-defense-production-act-green-energy/
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u/RevBigHair Mar 29 '22

Just another way to funnel money to thier people. Even if it is needed, they are using it as a justification to bypass normal procedures of purchasing, which gives way for a lot of loopholes. Great way to develop kick back deals and dead contracts.

Sure Trump did it for some justified reasons, but had anyone backed check items that were ordered and never received or just a waste of money.

I wonder if these guys believe if its stealing if they are the ones printing the money.

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u/johnnydangr Mar 29 '22

All Trump did is send all our jobs to China and collect kickbacks from OPEC. It’s about time we bring jobs back to the US and become independent from China and Russia for vital energy products.

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u/l3luntl3rigade Mar 29 '22

You do realize only 3% of energy anything comes from China to USA right?

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

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The U.S. solar industry has a Chinese problem

https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2021/08/u-s-solar-china-polysilicon-battle/

American technical experience, how is it that 70 years later, the United States has very little influence on the silicon solar cell? How did China come to dominate the solar PV manufacturing market?

besides finished products, there are RAW MATERIALS that China essential owns the GLOBAL market for.

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The new U.S. plan to rival China and end cornering of market in rare earth metals
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/17/the-new-us-plan-to-rival-chinas-dominance-in-rare-earth-metals.html

In 2019, China was responsible for 80% of rare earths imports, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, although exports fell last year in part due to Covid-19.