Renewable energy technologies (and solar especially) are about as important as oil was in the 20th century. America literally went to war multiple times internationally to get access to that sweet juice. It makes absolutely no sense that America would not want to have access to excessive amounts of cheap energy today, and that’s why it is straightforward that America will do a 180° turn-around and start calling the Chinese their “best friend” for providing them with ample amounts of solar energy panels.

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    2 months ago

    I don’t see oil companies pivoting to solar.
    We are seeing them pivot to Hydrogen because it comes from oil.

    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Hydrogen because it comes from oil.

      and because it requires a large, centralized infrastructure they can control. if you could pull hydrogen out of the air cheaply, anywhere, they wouldn’t be in on hydrogen.

      meanwhile it’s really a dead end anyway, barring leaps in fuel cell technology. who wants to deal with the pressures and infrastructure to move around cryogenic liquids?

      People are already morons with gasoline, and they want to add pressure lol?

      it’s a dead end, and a silly one. but big petroleum will use it to muddy the waters and keep pumping oil

  • StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    Your analysis assumes American decisions are made for American benefits, treating America like a monolith, or a single actor.

    America has capitulated governance to a minority of ultra-wealthy psychopaths who have repeatedly proven they will fuck over anything and everything, including America as a whole, and any segment of its population. Trump is deperately trying to stop renewables and support oil and coal even though they are less economic and advantageous in the immediate here and now, let alone benefit America in the future. Its scorched earth psychopathy.

  • DoubleDongle@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 months ago

    Not really. While the expertise in their manufacture is pretty concentrated, you can build a factory almost anywhere in theory. They don’t have a lot of exotic materials and the amount they need will probably drop in the future, so there won’t be a real solar equivalent to the petro-state. Maybe some places with a handy combination of sun and mineral resources could be desirable industrial regions, but it wouldn’t encourage war in the same way.