By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026This was really bad for America, of course, but those solar panels had to go *somewhere*. Mostly, they ended up in Pakistan, dumped there at such a massive discount that the country solarized virtually overnight. 7/ 110614
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026Pakistani solar installers learned their trade from Tiktok videos set to Tamil film soundtracks, and unwired the country so thoroughly that today, the national power company is in danger of going bust because no one buys their electricity from the grid anymore. 8/ 215430
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026Pakistani bridal dowries now routinely include four panels, an inverter and a battery: billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-... This is an inversion of the normal order, in which rich countries get all the good stuff first, and countries like Pakistan get scraps after we've gorged ourselves. 9/billmckibben.substack.comA Tale of Two CountriesTwo superpowers, one behaving pathetically 218845
Captain Hurley 🇺🇦 🇵🇸🏳️⚧️🇪🇺 @zoonie.bsky.social · 22/04/2026I love that shit *so much*. Also, the UK thinks it's great with solar & windpower but we're so far behind Germany, Spain - it's embarrassing. 030
