China’s solar/wind power generation now exceeds all U.S. household and industrial electricity consumption, and this cheap electricity is directly facilitating its global industrial dominance.

As the Middle East War continues, with fuel rationing & $200/barrel oil likely ahead, it feels like history will look back at this moment as a definitive ending of the Fossil Fuel Age. People will still be using oil, gas, and coal for decades to come, but in constantly declining amounts. But something more fundamental has changed.

Fossil Fuels now represent backwardness, yesterday’s tech, expense, instability, and unreliability. Renewables were once seen as fringe and environmental gesture politics; now they are taking over as the dominant global energy paradigm.

Still not convinced that’s true? Read the linked article to see how China has used renewables to create the greatest industrial/manufacturing economy in all of human history.

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