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Trump promised to cut energy bills in half. Instead, he started a war that pushed oil past $100 a barrel, shut down the Strait of Hormuz, and sent every oil-importing nation on earth scrambling for solar panels and batteries — mostly from China.

James Gutman returns to Energy Empire with a provocative argument: Donald Trump has inadvertently done more to accelerate the global clean energy transition than any climate policy in history. Not because he wanted to — but because when you blow up the global energy order, countries don't wait around. They build something new.

Jigar Shah, Jamie Nolan, and Gutman trace how the Iran war is rewiring global energy in real time — from Pakistan's 41 GW solar boom to China's $250 billion clean energy Marshall Plan to the fertilizer plants shutting down because of gas prices. They also ask the hard question: does the momentum survive a ceasefire?

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[–] miz@hexbear.net 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

me: mom, can we get Climate Stalin?

mom: we have Climate Stalin at home

Climate Stalin at home:

[–] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 4 points 11 hours ago

Ecovillain Gorbachev

[–] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 8 points 15 hours ago

Lotta people saying Just Stop Oil but only one man willing to do what it takes.

[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 5 points 17 hours ago

jdpon don strikes again

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 3 points 16 hours ago

Plus 70% of the USA can now use solar panels thanks to climate change!

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 5 points 18 hours ago

To quote Churchill: "Americans will fo what's right after not having any other options."

I hate that this applies in a new century. America could have led the world in green energy.

[–] mrnobody@reddthat.com 0 points 14 hours ago

Yeah but now solar farms along with data centers will become targets. Minimal civilian casualties, maximized damage to energy and tech supply