> “The main message is that we’re going to get the energy transition forced on us in a very painful way that’s going to happen very quickly.

This forcing function will occur regardless of who is in power. The world (China, mostly) produces enough EVs, solar, and batteries to make it happen, it’s just a matter of economics and time.

The people in charge today are temporary, the investments made in clean tech today will last decades.

https://ember-energy.org/data/china-cleantech-exports-data-e...

(China is ~1/3 of global manufacturing capacity)