According to an article in Politico, Trump isn’t just opposed to clean energy because he thinks climate change is a Chinese hoax; he has decided the current Chinese lead in the field cannot be overcome, and believes we need to put all of our eggs into the fossil fuel basket.
Understand what that means for the long run. If Trump prevails on this issue, America will become an island of fossil fuels in a sea of clean, inexpensive energy. We will be both politically and economically isolated. We will be giving up millions of existing jobs in clean energy. And, of course, relying on fossil fuels in the face of climate change will result in more extreme weather, property damage, and deaths.
What other big country is putting all of its hopes on an economic asset that will grow less and less valuable in time? That’s right–the one that invaded Ukraine.