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lughnasadh OP t1_j6d86n3 wrote

Submission Statement

I knew China dominated the renewables transition, but these figures starkly lay out just how great that domination is.

This exposes a crucial weakness for the rest of the world. As Covid & the Russian invasion of Ukraine have shown, relying on other countries for key supply chains can quickly turn into a disastrous vulnerability.

It's well within the realm of possibility that China may attempt to invade (or more likely blockade) Taiwan. As things stand now, that puts the global switch to renewables in peril.

Both the EU & US have recently been talking in terms of trillions of Euros and Dollars to localize green energy production, maybe they need to do even more?

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