Comments on: How a forced-labor prevention act may affect U.S. solar panel imports

By: BobA

BobA — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 03:05:31 +0000

In reply to Diana Anderson/Clay Hausinger. What values are you talking about? I bet you they are not the same as mine.

By: Kelly Pickerel

Kelly Pickerel — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 18:34:06 +0000

In reply to Judith Falzoi. PFOS and PHAS are not used in all polymers in solar manufacturing, but you are right that China does not have the same environmental regulations as the United States.

By: Judith Falzoi

Judith Falzoi — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 18:18:52 +0000

Almost all solar panels are made in China or assembled in its subsidiaries worldwide. As solar replaces tried and true energy resources, we will become dependent on China for replacement panels. We will no longer be able to produce our own energy as we do today. I learned per-polyfluoroakyl PHAS and PFOS chemicals are used in manufacturing solar panel backsheets. Highly reliable tests prove the “forever chemicals” on the external surface will erode 24/7 into soil and water. We will ingest this toxin as we eat and drink. It bioaccumulates in our body and remains in the soil and water for an indeterminate time. China’s environmental regulations are not identical to ours. So risk from dependence on China for raw materials and panels, and our food supply is certain. We are allowing this by our silence. Money talks. I am asking solar companies to regulate the composition of panels and promote manufacturing of all solar panel components in USA.

By: james bauman

james bauman — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 02:44:10 +0000

In reply to Amulya Ranjan Dash. We don’t have to accept globalization. We have a choice, if money is kept out of equation.

By: Diana Anderson/Clay Hausinger

Diana Anderson/Clay Hausinger — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:18:45 +0000

Afraid that deflection will cause us to miss our opportunity to oppose. We love our farmland, our wildlife and we value our water that is in restrictive supply. We worry about our wood stoves, our timber preservation/ fire prevention and our way of life. How can you say that solar will not cause trauma to our existence??? Our water table is already compromised, and we strive to conserve the values and the properties that sustain us.

By: Amulya Ranjan Dash

Amulya Ranjan Dash — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 10:47:01 +0000

In order to ramp up solar photovoltaic modules,cells and wafers production the government shouldn’t interfere,The globalization means freedom to transact without restrictive laws and policies.Forced labor is not good and should be taken between nations and agreements.

By: Brian Thompson

Brian Thompson — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 03:51:15 +0000

Now that the U.S. Government is pushing for total Green Energy, they now plan on enforcing a law they put in place in the 1930’s. It seems to me that this Law should have been followed by our Government throughout the last 90 years. Our Government seems to pick and choose which Laws suit their interests at the time. But when they decide they want to change the world by changing how we Power our Country, they place more restrictions on how this is accomplished. There seems to be a pattern of failure to follow the law, or rule of laws already in place so that they can continue to gain further control over everyone and everything the American people and Companies that have been trying to make the world a little better place to live. Wouldn’t it have been better if we hadn’t destroyed our Country’s ability to produce our own products, instead of turning our lives into a people that are completely dependent on another Country’s products. No Nation can survive being only a Nation of Consumers ! Our Survival depends upon the ability to produce products for other Country’s customers, we need to provide for ourselves along with producing products that other Country’s are in need of. We have the ability to compete on a Global Scale, but only if the Powers That Be are willing to get out of our way. But I don’t see that happening as long as we allow them to continue to gain further control and power over the American People. But I could be wrong about this, one never knows, does one !

By: James

James — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 03:40:25 +0000

Why do I like most of what Trump did, it wouldn’t be hard to roll back the tariffs on China so that America could regain dominance in the polysilicate field.

By: Solarman

Solarman — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 18:18:18 +0000

“In the United States, laws on the books since the 1930s have banned the importation of products made with forced labor. But in the weeks and months ahead — perhaps as soon as this month — congressional lawmakers are expected to take this farther.”

So my question here is, what did Biden and his companions do while in the Legislature for what, 30 years before this? Allow this to happen? Yes? No? China has their China 2025 plan and want to become the manufacturer of about 75% of the goods and services used by the World. China already has the electronics, battery, pharmaceuticals, rare elements used in renewable energy and a great deal of the electrical components many countries (depend on) to keep their grids up and protected from faults or lightning strikes.

“This wasn’t always the case: Until recently, companies could take steps to prove, to the satisfaction of U.S. Customs, that their Xinjiang supply chains did not use forced labor. Beginning last year, though, auditing firms stopped examining Xinjiang companies’ supply chains, under increasing pressure from human rights activists who alleged that government interference had made such inspections virtually worthless. As a result, if any point of your supply chain runs through Xinjiang, it is now virtually impossible to certify that it is free of forced labor.”

Now it is changing from Tariffs to 1930’s labor laws, which one will work “better” in carbon reduction mandates? Change the name on the door and let the stumbling continue.