While the United States is added in one Donald Trump Controversion after another, much of the rest of the industrialized world is constantly moving towards the future. Other nations cannot ignore the United States, but they can try to find new ways to process with less American invitation, and many of them do. PorcelainIn particular, this situation is taking advantage of, and that is ESSE when it comes to renewable energy.
China has led the world in the production of renewable energy components for years, and will only become more dominant In the sector while the United States retires from it. More than just retire from what other countries see As the future of energy, the Trump administration is calculation Our European allies that Climate change It is “overvalued” and stop worrying so much about that and joining the fossil fuel agenda of the administration.
“The opposite effect will have exactly,” says David Victor, a distinguished professor of innovation and public policies at the University of California, San Diego. Rolling stone. “Trump. 2.0 is like Trump 1.0 in the sense that they do things and then the reaction of the rest of the world is to do the opposite.”
In the United Nations on Tuesday, Trump uses a strange perorate about climate change and renewable energy, which he loves to attack when Hever can. The president criticized wind energy, described the idea of a carbon footprint as a “deception”, and told diplomats around the world: “If you do not move away from this green scam, your country will fail.”
As for China, the country continues to produce large amounts of components for solar energy, wind energy and battery storage. It is also producing a large number or affordable and modern electric vehicles. China has invested more than $ 625 billion In clean energy last year, and the country has been investing Hundreds Or billions in their EV industry.
“They have so much capacity that they are exporting products at really low prices,” says David Hart, a member of the weather and energy in the Foreign Relations Council. “This is causing many other countries to adopt, especially solar, very fast.”
Thanks to the fact of the Chinese government under president Xi Jinping It has almost total control over the country’s economy, it can basically move in any direction you want, and is betting in the future of renewable energy. He has done it clear He wants China to dominate in this space in the coming years.
“That is what happens with authoritarian governments. If they decide to do something and really occur to them, they can become much faster than less authoritarian governments are accustomed,” says Catherine Wolfram. “China has clearly decided that this is where the world is going and has invested heavy in electric vehicles.”
The Chinese automobile company Byd has been receiving much moving attention, because it is producing attractive electric and hybrid vehicles that are affordable, reliable and elegant. The company has finished twice The global market share of Tesla, and is quickly Winning traction in Europe, but will probably win cars in the United States in the short term.
“They are aggressive competitors, especially for lower cost vehicles. It is incredible what they have done,” says Victor. “Europe and the United States have had two very different strategies. The European strategy has been to allow them to enter, but for children or monitor it, and then tree, they have arrived … the strategy of the United States has a bone that Chinese EVs are almost not sold in the United States.”
China’s success can be seen as good news if you care the world transition to clean energy. It is not good news if you worry about the United States that are economically competitive on the world stage in the future. While other industrialized nations are progressing in the construction of the future markets, the United States is slowing down and forcing the dependence of anti -fossic fossil fuel technology.
“If we decrease the speed, we are not moving away from renewable energies. The foundations are still there,” says Victor. “The general effect is that we will implement less renewable energies.”
The USN is completely renouncing clean energy. It is integrated into the economy, and many American energy companies are fine. However, at a time when the renewable energy sector moves rapidly and large sums of money are being invested, the United States is essentially the space for other world powers. While China is investing billions, the Trump administration is Withdraw Billions of dollars of federal funds of renewable energy projects throughout the country.
If the United States decides to change the march in the not too distant future and wants to increase its participation in the renewable energy market, it may want to cooperate with China to some extent, instead of just trying to overcome it. Wolfram says he believes that could really become a beneficial relationship.
“Direct competition may not be the best for the United States, because we are so far,” says Wolfram. “Perhaps some type of joint companies or more cooperative approaches will make sense in the future. The United States is really good in innovation. We can work together.”
If that ends up being the correct movement, the Trump administration is clearly putting the country in a position where you will have to play in the future. In addition, consulting the US. It is one of the world’s greatest climatic pollutions in the world, it is making the fight against climate change more difficult for the rest of the world. Trump reminded everyone in his speech at the UN on Tuesday that while he is in charge, the United States will continue to be a disruptive force.
