It's not about just Iran

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33. Renewables? Really?

Um, there is absolutely no evidence, none, that so called "renewables" have anything to do with the use of fossil fuels. The expenditure of trillions of dollars on so called "renewable energy" has had no effect, whatsoever, on the use of dangerous fossil fuels.

In fact, "renewable energy" is dependent on fossil fuels. It is widely reported that the sun is not available 24 hours a day, nor does the wind always blow.

The Chinese are making an effort to displace their coal dependence, but it is with nuclear energy, not renewables. Nuclear energy is reliable, something so called "renewables" are not.

I would certainly advise anyone buying into the "renewables will save us" Kool-Aid, to read this excellent, new book on the topic:

The Elements of Power

Subtitle:

A Story of War, Technology, and the Dirtiest Supply Chain on Earth

...By Nicolas Niarchos

I'm reading it right now, although I have long understood that so called "renewable energy" is not renewable, nor has it ever been about displacing fossil fuels, on which it depends. It was always about attacking the last best chance humanity had at eliminating fossil fuels, nuclear energy.

I personally believe that Chinese support for so called "renewable energy" is to support the rather dirty lanthanide mines in Baotou.