A rapid federal retreat from renewables—canceling grants, halting offshore wind, and mocking solar reliability—risks handing long‑run energy and industrial leadership to China, which is scaling electricity and clean power fast. This shift could lock in technology paths, supply chains, and grid capabilities that the U.S. will struggle to catch up to.
— It reframes climate and energy policy as core national competitiveness and security strategy, not just a culture‑war fight.
BeauHD
2025.12.04
81% relevant
The piece evidences a concrete deregulatory move easing fuel-economy standards to lower vehicle prices — a policy rollback that, when aggregated with other rollbacks, can slow U.S. clean‑transport leadership and cede competitive advantage in low‑carbon vehicle markets (matching the existing idea's concern about policy-driven loss of leadership).
msmash
2025.10.16
100% relevant
Cancellations of $7B in residential solar grants, moves to stop a near‑completed offshore wind farm, and Krugman’s projection that by 2028 the U.S. may be too far behind China to catch up.
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