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and had a flurry of executive orders that are all really intended to gut federal climate efforts, roll back regulations that are aimed at limiting things like pollution. He wants to give a major boost to the fossil fuel industry, and he wants to evade efforts to really reduce global warming.
and had a flurry of executive orders that are all really intended to gut federal climate efforts, roll back regulations that are aimed at limiting things like pollution. He wants to give a major boost to the fossil fuel industry, and he wants to evade efforts to really reduce global warming.
This has really come through in a series of executive orders that are currently tangled up in the courts or haven't been fully realized. So the short answer to that question is that not much has actually happened yet. We're still in this really intense wait-and-see period.
This has really come through in a series of executive orders that are currently tangled up in the courts or haven't been fully realized. So the short answer to that question is that not much has actually happened yet. We're still in this really intense wait-and-see period.
This has really come through in a series of executive orders that are currently tangled up in the courts or haven't been fully realized. So the short answer to that question is that not much has actually happened yet. We're still in this really intense wait-and-see period.
Yeah, so basically China's eating our lunch when it comes to the energy transition and climate progress. Oh, wow. Yeah, it's kind of an interesting thing because this is a developing country that's been emitting more fossil fuels in recent years. But as they're developing so rapidly, they're actually doing...
Yeah, so basically China's eating our lunch when it comes to the energy transition and climate progress. Oh, wow. Yeah, it's kind of an interesting thing because this is a developing country that's been emitting more fossil fuels in recent years. But as they're developing so rapidly, they're actually doing...
Yeah, so basically China's eating our lunch when it comes to the energy transition and climate progress. Oh, wow. Yeah, it's kind of an interesting thing because this is a developing country that's been emitting more fossil fuels in recent years. But as they're developing so rapidly, they're actually doing...
quite a lot to transition away from fossil fuels and dirty forms of energy to diversify that energy mix. So in 2022, China installed roughly as much solar capacity as the rest of the world combined. And then it doubled additional solar capacity in 2023. We're also seeing it do quite a lot on the EV electrical vehicle and infrastructure front as well.
quite a lot to transition away from fossil fuels and dirty forms of energy to diversify that energy mix. So in 2022, China installed roughly as much solar capacity as the rest of the world combined. And then it doubled additional solar capacity in 2023. We're also seeing it do quite a lot on the EV electrical vehicle and infrastructure front as well.
quite a lot to transition away from fossil fuels and dirty forms of energy to diversify that energy mix. So in 2022, China installed roughly as much solar capacity as the rest of the world combined. And then it doubled additional solar capacity in 2023. We're also seeing it do quite a lot on the EV electrical vehicle and infrastructure front as well.
One company really stands out here, BYD, and it's very popular across the world. It's a very cheap and honestly stylish vehicle that a lot of consumers enjoy that we don't have access to in the United States.
One company really stands out here, BYD, and it's very popular across the world. It's a very cheap and honestly stylish vehicle that a lot of consumers enjoy that we don't have access to in the United States.
One company really stands out here, BYD, and it's very popular across the world. It's a very cheap and honestly stylish vehicle that a lot of consumers enjoy that we don't have access to in the United States.
Yeah, BYD is really taking the lead here in terms of the global picture on the EV race.
Yeah, BYD is really taking the lead here in terms of the global picture on the EV race.
Yeah, BYD is really taking the lead here in terms of the global picture on the EV race.
The states are going to be very important here in the next couple of years. Trump can't control the price of energy. Trump can't control a lot of things outside of public land. energy development and a lot of US energy production happens on state lands or on the state level.
The states are going to be very important here in the next couple of years. Trump can't control the price of energy. Trump can't control a lot of things outside of public land. energy development and a lot of US energy production happens on state lands or on the state level.
The states are going to be very important here in the next couple of years. Trump can't control the price of energy. Trump can't control a lot of things outside of public land. energy development and a lot of US energy production happens on state lands or on the state level.