Behind those harmless-looking solar panels harnessing the sun’s power lies a disturbing secret: Roughly 80% of solar components are manufactured in China using slave labor.
Not only have the buyers of solar panels been indirectly funding companies that use slave labor, but American taxpayers also have subsidized almost $37 billion in purchases between 2016 and 2022.
Globally, even international organizations such as the United Nations and the European Union have begun to voice concerns about forced labor being used in China.
In its bid to dominate solar panel production, China has forced these “surplus workers” to toil in state-subsidized, coal-fired power plants and four of the five largest polysilicon factories. Using this exploitative labor system and coal power plants, China’s share of global polysilicon production surged from 26% in 2010 to 82% in 2020, while America’s share declined from 35% to 5% over the same period.
Today, China uses slave labor to manufacture 79% of polysilicon, 97% of wafers, 75% of modules, and 85% of solar cells.
I have no doubt that some of my Germanic ancestors were enslaved by the Romans. The horror of those times held my family back for centuries from reaching their full potential.
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So in the name of "social justice" I demand either monetary reparations from Italy or at least a house on Lake Como.
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I have no doubt some of my Irish ancestors were enslaved by the English so I want reparations. Oh wait, I'm part English. Do I receive reparations or pay reparations?
England fucked Ireland. Demand a castle in Ireland as payment
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