No the French invented photovoltaics. Then it was an American who made the first commercial solar panel and Bell labs of the US made the modern solar panel design that we use today. China has been involved in development along the way, but they didn’t start things. Their biggest contribution has been making them cheap and affordable.
China has had plenty of innovations that are incredible. Sodium Ion battery technology is largely a Chinese development with others contributing. There are plenty of things that China has made and they should be proud of. They also steal other’s ideas and try to pull a “I made this” meme. That doesn’t mean they are unique in this manner, though.
American AI companies are thieves, too. The entirety of AI development is bullshit made on the back of human innovation. It’s an abomination. Multiple things can be true. You clearly have an agenda with your whataboutism arguments
No and I never said that. I said it was their largest contribution to the technology, although I’m open to a rebuttle of information, if you have evidence to the contrary. I’m hardly an expert, but I know a good amount of solar panel history.
Maybe try not being so fucking presumptuous and hostile to everyone that presents something you don’t like.
Do you think the West invented all their solar panel tech? China is lightyears ahead.
Talking about stealing knowledge while current top Western tech is knowledge theft running on a GPU is peak cope.
No the French invented photovoltaics. Then it was an American who made the first commercial solar panel and Bell labs of the US made the modern solar panel design that we use today. China has been involved in development along the way, but they didn’t start things. Their biggest contribution has been making them cheap and affordable.
China has had plenty of innovations that are incredible. Sodium Ion battery technology is largely a Chinese development with others contributing. There are plenty of things that China has made and they should be proud of. They also steal other’s ideas and try to pull a “I made this” meme. That doesn’t mean they are unique in this manner, though.
American AI companies are thieves, too. The entirety of AI development is bullshit made on the back of human innovation. It’s an abomination. Multiple things can be true. You clearly have an agenda with your whataboutism arguments
Do you think the only thing China has done is make them cheap?
No and I never said that. I said it was their largest contribution to the technology, although I’m open to a rebuttle of information, if you have evidence to the contrary. I’m hardly an expert, but I know a good amount of solar panel history.
Maybe try not being so fucking presumptuous and hostile to everyone that presents something you don’t like.
In 2025 a Chinese company broke records with its innovations in perovskite-silicon tandem solar panels.
The idea that Asians are only good at making things cheap is more Orientalism. Maybe try to not be so fucking racist?
Do you think discovering the principle of something is the same as refining and mass producing it? In that case, plants beat France.