An alternative (and hopefully pessimistic) take: China sees itself being in conflict with most of the world’s major military powers in the next decade, and is g

An alternative (and hopefully pessimistic) take: China sees itself being in conflict with most of the world’s major military powers in the next decade, and is girding itself to eliminate reliance on its long oil supply chain. If you’re a pessimistic sort, you’d also note that many of the US’s Asian allies have a similarly long/disruptable oil supply chain, which will make their economies extremely vulnerable to disruption (as an example, notice how much damage a single Iranian-supplied militia has been able to do to middle eastern shipping.) Eliminating fossil fuel dependence isn’t just good for the environment. It might be a matter of national survival.