It’s often compared to the energy dependency from Russia, but fundamentally it’s different. China cutting off supplies would cut off installing new capacity and

It’s often compared to the energy dependency from Russia, but fundamentally it’s different. China cutting off supplies would cut off installing new capacity and repairs to existing in plants. It would however not stop existing solar panels from producing energy. Components for repair can be stockpiled much easier than oil, so the timeline until such a cutoff would affect existing energy production is substantially longer.