Chinese Electrotech Is the Big Winner in the Iran War
14th April 2026
Since it’s an eternal truth that Krugman Is Always Wrong, let’s see how he’s wrong today.
Donald Trump wants to stop the renewable energy revolution. But he can’t — it will continue to advance around the world because the economics and the science are compelling.
An obvious lie to anybody who has been paying attention. Renewable energy fails almost every time it’s tried, and causes unceasing problems for those who stupidly depend upon it. Not to mention all the birds and whales that it kills.
Trump can, however, ensure that the revolution passes us by.
That’s why we elected him.
And the big geopolitical winner from Trump’s hostility to the energy revolution will be China, which dominates the production of renewable-energy infrastructure.
Only so long as people are stupid. It’s no surprise that a Communist regime would dominate a communist enterprise.
Furthermore, the China-led energy future will arrive ahead of schedule thanks to the debacle in Iran.
“China-led energy future”? These are the people who have more coal-fired power plants than any other nation, and whose air pollution in its capital city is notoriously bad.
Also, Trump’s decision to counter Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz by blockading the Strait of Hormuz surely adds to the perception that relying on U.S. oil and LNG, which is what countries will have to do if they don’t turn to solar and wind, isn’t safe.
The available evidence seems to indicate pretty clearly the U.S. is actually the only ‘safe’ place to get oil and LNG.
Who can guarantee that an erratic America won’t try to weaponize other countries’ dependence on our energy?
‘Erratic’? Far less ‘erratic’ than Krugman’s brain. I suspect that ‘weaponizing’ other countries’ dependence on our energy is what it’s all about.
While China is strong in many industries, it is utterly dominant in electrotech, the cluster of industries — solar panels, wind turbines, batteries and electric vehicles — at the heart of the renewables revolution. Or as the Wall Street Journal puts it, China’s “green industrial complex” rules. China accounts for more than 80 percent of global production in all these sectors with the exception of wind turbines. In the wind turbine sector, China’s share is “only” 60 percent because Europe retains a significant role.
And of course I’m sure that NOBODY is worried that COMMUNIST CHINA will ‘weaponize’ that reliance on ‘green tech’.
Looks like Krugman came through for us again.
