General Discussion

From the article:

Some analysts have also argued that the energy shock could further accelerate a global transition toward renewables, raising global demand for Chinese solar panels, electric vehicles, and batteries.

So China will step up and dominate the global markets in solar and electric vehicles now. The US will be left in the dust - dependent on China rather than a leader in renewables.

Trump is currently committing to spend up to a billion dollars to stop a French wind farm frm being built off New York and the Carolinas. He'll cancel their leases and then pay them off about $1B in exchange for them not suing. That's $1B of US taxpayer money in exchange for lowering our energy independence: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/us-weighs-settlement-about-1-billion-with-totalenergies-blocking-wind-farms-nyt-2026-03-17/.

The US has pretty much passed any other country in pure assholicness.