Claim: Former President Donald Trump's running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), advocates reshoring American manufacturing because the United States leads the world in clean energy. said it would benefit the environment.
Verdict: True. Studies regularly show that reshoring U.S. manufacturing actually reduces carbon emissions.
“One of the things that our Democratic friends keep talking about a lot is carbon emissions. The idea that carbon emissions cause climate change…well, let's just say it's true…if we If you believe that, what do you want to do?'' Vance said during Tuesday night's vice presidential debate.
The answer is that we want to bring as much American manufacturing back home as possible, and we want to produce as much energy in the United States as possible. Because America is the cleanest economy in the entire world. [Emphasis added]
“If we actually care about clean air and clean water, we really have to double down and invest in American workers and American people,” Vance continued.
Studies show that relocating manufacturing to the U.S. can help reduce carbon emissions in industries ranging from solar panels to aluminum die-casting to silicon solar power.
“If the United States were able to fully bring home c-Si PV panel manufacturing by 2035, estimated greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption would be lower than they would have been from global imports in 2020. “We predict a decrease of 30% and 13%, respectively, compared to the previous year. Solar power has emerged as the leading renewable energy source,” the researchers wrote in the report. published last year:
If we can achieve our reproduction goals by 2050, Climate change and energy impacts are further reduced by 33% and 17%.compared to 2020 levels. [Emphasis added]
Similarly, carbon emissions would decrease dramatically if solar panel manufacturing was brought back to the United States and China was cut out of the supply chain.
“A new analysis shows that domestically manufacturing all silicon solar panels deployed in the United States would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 23% and reduce energy use by 4% compared to outsourced manufacturing,” the researchers wrote. % reduction.” I wrote last year.
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