Not if the fossil fuel sector has so much power over the US government that they can squelch renewable competition via control of funding for R&D and spending p

Not if the fossil fuel sector has so much power over the US government that they can squelch renewable competition via control of funding for R&D and spending projects. Anyone who looks into actual DOE R&D budgets since Reagan will see this playing out in practice. China notably has no domestic gas/oil to speak of, and coal has so many obvious drawbacks that they've decided to push money into renewable R&D as part of their long-term strategy.