> Another major win is that renewables once installed (even if the materials are acquired from China) are energy produced locally which is a national security w

> Another major win is that renewables once installed (even if the materials are acquired from China) are energy produced locally which is a national security win. Much less so as the US has become the world's leading oil producing country, with spectacular growth in the last 15 years. https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/oil-and-petroleum-products/where-our-oil-comes-from.php https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/oil-and-petroleum-produc... Meanwhile China has a large lead in the production of photovoltaics, requiring the "once installed" qualifier. https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/solar-pv-manufacturing-capacity-and-production-by-country-and-region-2021-2027 https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/solar-pv-manu...