Expect prices of battery cells and electronics to go up...

[upnorthandpersonal]

Power shortages in China will likely cause significant price increases as companies are forced to stop production.

China faces electricity crisis due to coal shortage

China is grappling with an unprecedented electricity crisis triggered by coal shortages and tightening of emissions standards.

www.nsenergybusiness.com

Power shortages in China hit homes and factories prompting global supply fears

Factories were closed to avoid exceeding limits on energy use imposed by Beijing to promote efficiency

www.theguardian.com

 

[upnorthandpersonal]

One of my trusted sources in China expects the price of electronics in general to increase by up to 20%. This includes increases for things like inverters, charge controllers, BMS, etc.

 

[Rich585]

Fuel shortage in UK, plastic bead shortage affecting product packaging, now coal shortage in China.

Looks like world wide economic crash is heading our way as all countries have become so interdependent that delays in supply chain end up have an over reaching effect.

Not economist, but next year or two is not looking promising. Inflation might arrive to levels our new generations have never seen.

 

[upnorthandpersonal]

Yep, it seem like it's going to be a rough ride...

 

[RV10flyer]

Everything is going up except our pay. We’re used to it after 40 years of the same. It won’t affect the wealthy, so nothing will change. Happy solaring.

 

[HOU_Castle]

Below Graph Econ Growth by Cycle

 

[740GLE]

Don’t worry housing market solved all their issues in 2008, no way can that repeat itself, prices are sky high and rock solid ?

 

[eabyrd]

Below Graph Econ Growth by Cycle

That's a damning graph, wow Looks like real GDP growth has been slowing since the beginning of time.

 

[curiouscarbon]

WTF Happened In 1971?

"I don't believe we shall ever have a good money again before we take the thing out of the hands of government, that is, we can't take it violently out of the hands of government, all we can do is by some sly roundabout way introduce something that they can't stop." - F.A. Hayek 1984

wtfhappenedin1971.com

Midas - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[upnorthandpersonal]

Nixon shock - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[curiouscarbon]

unilateral cancellation of the direct international convertibility of the United States dollar to gold

but there’s still a gold market.. hmm

glad i panic bought all my cells last year mid first round pandemic

 

[Rich585]

WTF Happened In 1971?

"I don't believe we shall ever have a good money again before we take the thing out of the hands of government, that is, we can't take it violently out of the hands of government, all we can do is by some sly roundabout way introduce something that they can't stop." - F.A. Hayek 1984

wtfhappenedin1971.com

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Midas - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I wonder how much impact automation, robots have had. Don’t need 100 skilled workers to make stuff. Just a a couple of workers to bring material to and from the assembly area and a small group of technicians (who are well paid) but you only need a small to maintain the robots. What used to be high paid jobs are now mostly in Mexico or Asia. How many Steel mills, paper factories, are still running or have become ghost towns in NA.

 

[fafrd]

I wonder how much impact automation, robots have had. Don’t need 100 skilled workers to make stuff. Just a a couple of workers to bring material to and from the assembly area and a small group of technicians (who are well paid) but you only need a small to maintain the robots. What used to be high paid jobs are now mostly in Mexico or Asia. How many Steel mills, paper factories, are still running or have become ghost towns in NA.

Solar prices are up across all markets due to supply chain constraints, threat of new tariffs

There is a lot to celebrate in the U.S. solar industry, but there's also a worry that more bad news is coming, this according to the latest "U.S. Solar

www.solarpowerworldonline.com

 

[curiouscarbon]

Solar prices are up across all markets due to supply chain constraints, threat of new tariffs

There is a lot to celebrate in the U.S. solar industry, but there's also a worry that more bad news is coming, this according to the latest "U.S. Solar

www.solarpowerworldonline.com

from article

Solar additions accounted for 56% of all new U.S. electric capacity additions in the first half of 2021, and the industry officially surpassed 3 million solar installations in Q2, driven by a strong recovery in the residential sector after it was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Q2 2021 saw the addition of 5.7 GWDC of solar capacity, up from 5 GW installed in Q1.

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