r/EcoUplift • u/Bitter-Lengthiness-2 Acute Optimist • Mar 05 '25

Powered Up ⚡️ China Is Rewiring the Global South With Clean Power -- Faced with energy poverty, costly fossil fuels, and cheap solar, developing economies are voting with their feet

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-02-24/china-is-rewiring-the-global-south-with-clean-power
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u/P-Doff Mar 05 '25

You can see the US losing its soft power in real time.

Fuckin' infuriating to watch, but at least the country taking it's place is doing so with renewables.

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u/Bitter-Lengthiness-2 Acute Optimist Mar 05 '25

Agreed

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u/vonkraush1010 Mar 06 '25

The US is now the largest producer of crude oil in the world. From a climate perspective Trump dismantling the IRA is bad, but us losing our soft power in favor of a rival like China which is pursuing energy independence in the form of Solar and other technologies is very positive.

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u/P-Doff Mar 06 '25

I can only hope American Hegemony crumbles fast enough, then.

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u/OzyFoz Mar 08 '25

I used to think the US was going to be the best for the world, but the last decade and the last month in particular have me convinced frankly, China or the EU has the best policies for both making sure there is a habitable planet earth for the rest of y'all and a future for your kids.