Renewables already surpass fossil fuel in the energy mix [0], this will only accelerate the shift to energy independence.
It's countries that actively resisted diversifying their energy mix like the US that will feel the long term pain.
[0] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/22/wind-and...
The answer is to strike a deal with China. Unfortunately, that requires compromising on some values.
> countries that actively resisted diversifying their energy mix
Rhetoric aside, America continues to add renewable capacity [1].
The US has been trying to sell out Europe to Russians in a misguided quest to win them over against the Chinese.
The only reasonable reaction is a Metternichian rebalancing of powers.
It's rational, but it comes at costs. (And with costs.) China would have to put a stop to Putin's revanchism. Otherwise, Europe is just financing its burial and subjugation. And the EU would have to sign off on China's human-right records, and, in all likelihood, Taiwan policy. That, in turn, sets up a clash with the rest of Asia.