Europe is in the same position as China - they have to import all their fossil fuels, so you'd think this would be a primary driver towards the adoption of non-

Europe is in the same position as China - they have to import all their fossil fuels, so you'd think this would be a primary driver towards the adoption of non-fossil-fuel energy systems. Granted this is a hard job, but why has China done such a better job of it than Europe has? I'm guessing kickbacks explain it - the heads of the European political system have been getting payoffs from the Middle East and USA and Russian fossil fuel providers so that they don't do what the Chinese have done, high-speed electrified rail and monocrystalline silicon ingot production. I'd have assumed that faced with being stuck between USA/Russia/MiddleEast/Africa suppliers of fossil fuels for their basic energy needs, Europe would have gone 100% into renewables... but not if the EU heads are earning a percentage on those sales right? I really think this explains why China, not the EU, has gained world leader status on non-fossil energy production.