Comment on History says tariffs rarely work, but U.S. President Biden’s 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs could defy the trend, researcher says

• SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  But the status quo is more important than *checks notes… climate change! Won’t someone think of the economy! /s

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  • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I think it has more to do with maintaining a manufacturing base for defense than it is about jobs or the economy.

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    • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Because bombing the future into rubble is preferable to burning it into rubble or something I guess.

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      • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Nation-states were a stupid idea to begin with

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• ShepherdPie@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  How does everyone buying a brand new car result in decarbonization versus keeping the ones we’ve already expended carbon building and upgrading them when they break? There are 283 million cars on the road in the US and replacing them all is going to generate a metric fuckton of carbon.

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  • regul@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    If you’ll notice he also increased tariffs on solar panels at the same time.

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    • ShepherdPie@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yeah China has been doing the same with solar panels. Funny you bring it up since my wife used to work at a facility that made the ingots and sliced them up. They shut down several years ago since it was impossible to compete with Chinese prices. Hurray for cheap prices right?

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      • regul@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        See above where I said I do not give a shit about how many jobs are preserved on my rapidly warming planet.

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