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You seem to imply this is a sign of a failing of the west. I'm not sure how you reached that conclusion based on your data point, they produce everything for ev
by cinntaile 4y ago
You seem to imply this is a sign of a failing of the west. I'm not sure how you reached that conclusion based on your data point, they produce everything for everyone and they have 1.5 billion inhabitants. It doesn't exactly come as a surprise that they require a lot of energy. China already has the largest coal, solar, wind, hydro energy production in the world.
- jpgvm 4y agoIt is a failing of the West. We had a giant first mover advantage and didn't just squander it but fell behind the Chinese by a full generation. We should be living in a post-scarcity era for energy. Instead we are contending with $80 crude prices and a future of trying to build a grid out of itermittent sources a lots of storage. None of that would have been necessary had we not dropped the ball.