Making The US Dependent on China

It is doubtful a serious student of geopolitics and Chinese history could dispute that China is a rising power.  Nor can any serious analyst doubt that China will be at best a rival, at worst, a serious threat to the US.

Especially after the recent consolidation of power by Chairman Xi, his public statements, the obvious build-up of his arms and military capability, the crushing of Hong Kong, and threats against Taiwan, the worst seems more likely.

China is an enemy of the US and our way of life.

When it comes to energy policy, strategic interests need to be considered.

But for Biden and his Green New Deal, that is of little consideration. For Biden, banning oil and gas, and dragging your feet on nuclear is the best policy.  Better to rely on wind and especially solar, we are told.

The chart below from the Visual Capitalist is instructive.

While ostensibly a response to “global warming” relying on solar is worse than relying on Arab sheikdoms for energy, and we know that story. At least in the US, we have plenty of oil, gas, and coal. And, we could build nuclear power plants, if the government regulators will get out of the way.

And while we are at it, the “environment” does not care one wit whether carbon is emitted by the US or China. We are cutting the energy that gives us strategic independence, while China is building coal plants like mad. What we take out of the air, they are pumping back in.

Even if you buy the whole argument about anthropogenic global warming (which we don’t), this policy of letting China off the hook makes no sense either from a strategic or an environmental viewpoint.

In short, Biden’s policies will do nothing for the environment but will do wonders for China.

In the process, they maneuver the US into dependence on energy from an enemy. It is hard to imagine a more dangerous policy.

You would think that just after Germany for green reasons put itself into a dependent situation with Russia, we would know better.