Not only is the fossil fuel industry destroying regulations on itself, it is actively working to destroy environmentally friendly green energy - from ending windfarm and solar projects to impeding Hydrogen fuel initiatives. This is more than an industry protecting itself, it is a very powerful political campaign to cripple clean competition. Greedshits-r-Us.
Fortunately, the rest of the world is not necessarily owned by these polluters. Japan, China, India, etc. are often taking the lead in developing non-fossil fuel industries. Thank you. By the way, it will not be either-or, it will be both-and - there will long be room for fossil fuels, wind, solar, geothermal, nuclear, Hydrogen, and who knows what is to come...
And, contrary to what the Orange Corruption in Chief and MAGA think, they will lose power, lose the Congress, lose the presidency, lose the Courts, lose their asses. And the urgent imperatives of Global Warming and Climate Change will reassert themselves. And the fossil fuel industry will have created an enormous backlash against their accelerations of climate disasters around the world.
Now, I am personally grateful to my own career that included supporting refineries and power plants. A half a century ago I was proud to be contributing to productive power generation that grew our economy. But I eventually had to accept that the future had to go in the direction of green energies. The transition has been ongoing, and slower than we need, but I am sure that the finest scientific and engineering young minds at MIT, Stanford, Oxford, India, China, and around the world are not dreaming of making more efficient combustion engines or gas turbines. The holy grail that I expect they are pursuing are significantly reducing the reliance of fossil fuels for energy and making astonishing breakthroughs in energy storage, Hydrogen, Solar, Wind, Geothermal, and safe quick to build Nuclear.
America (MAGA) has chosen, temporarily, to become obtuse and blind to the future, but the future just keeps on coming. And America will have to catch up - or, of course, we can just buy the technology that the world developed in our absence.
