New York Times reported today (February 14): Last month, the U.S. Department of Energy halted a $30 billion clean energy project loan. Combined with the Trump administration's crackdown on the offshore wind power industry, comprehensive weakening of environmental regulations, increased support for fossil fuels, and reduced research funding — a picture gradually emerges: China and the United States, the world's two largest economies, are diverging on the core issue of future energy development direction.
The report states that the Chinese government has patiently supported clean technology for decades. The Chinese government has patiently supported clean technology for decades — its policy layout in the rare earth industry can be traced back to about 60 years ago, and rare earths are a key factor from electric vehicles to supersonic aircraft. In contrast, U.S. policies are as scattered as sand.
Comments: China is following a long-term national strategy: from rare earths to photovoltaics, from electric vehicles to power grids, it has been consistently implementing a blueprint for decades, cultivating a complete industrial chain with stable expectations. This ability of "continuously working from one term to the next" is something the United States, under the influence of partisan battles and interest group blockages, fundamentally cannot learn.
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