Clean energy as a geopolitical solution amid Trump's Iran conflict
By
Bill McKibben
Summary
The article discusses the geopolitical and energy implications of Trump's conflict with Iran, contrasting it with the progress of clean energy initiatives like Chinese wind turbines being shipped to Romania. It argues for renewable energy as a way to bypass geopolitical disruptions, noting that sunlight and wind are "un-embargoable" energy sources that cannot be blocked by military or political conflicts.
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· 3 pulledbuilding out the un-embargoable supply of electrons that come, most easily and cheaply, from the sun and wind
though sunlight must travel 93 million miles to reach the earth, none of those mil
Trump struggles to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, here's a Chinese freighter leaving Shandong with a cargo of wind turbines bound for Romania
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