If anyone was serious about energy security in North America or Europe they would be building polysilicon, ingot, and wafer capacity.

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derektank 15 hours ago | parent [-]

The world’s dependence on China for solar panel manufacturing is troubling, but unlike oil, once the generating facility is installed you’re no longer dependent on your supplier (at least for a decade or two). I would be more concerned about batteries if I was in government

	▲	intrasight 15 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Our dependence on China for cars is even scarier.
	▲	throw3433 15 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		India has huge surplus capcity of solar panels. Sadly Trump put 100-200% tariffs on Indian solar panels. Its very easy and cheap to produce these outside China.