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I agree the US isn't the only country but I believe at that time we had the resources and clout to make green energy research happen everywhere and export our s
by DangitBobby 2mo ago
I agree the US isn't the only country but I believe at that time we had the resources and clout to make green energy research happen everywhere and export our successes. We were still a global leader at the time both politically and technologically, especially where energy was concerned. And the world certainly took notice and set back the movement when the largest polluter per capita repeatedly signalled it had no interest in joining the rest of the world in a green future.
- dmix 2mo ago> to make green energy research happen everywhere and export our successes China won there because they can build things, they are also built 60+ nuclear reactors over the past decade. That's the main difference between them and the west. It's not a lack of government grants for green R&D. They made renewable energy affordable for both themselves and others... by allowing industry to operate efficiently and affordably. Tesla couldn't build a Lithium Battery plant in California for their electric cars because made it impossible via environmental air regulations. But now the west is benefiting from Chinese production.
- DangitBobby 2mo agoReally? California represents the entirety of the US's technology R&D capacity? Ironic that I'm supposed to read that as an indictment of California's governance...