Feb. 4, 2026 11:34 AM PT
To the editor: The photo voltaic, wind and electrical car deployment numbers popping out of China blow my thoughts (“Global green tech investments hit record $2.3 trillion despite political headwinds,” Feb. 2). BYD went as far as to build its own shipping fleet the place the automobiles roll on and off the ships, simply to get round logistical hiccups. The spillover good thing about all of this progress to neighboring international locations is enviable.
Australia, a pacesetter in mining and fossils, added a lot renewable power that it outpaced demand. I’m positive Australian lawmakers will determine it out, as a result of with a fraction of the inhabitants of America, they’ll’t afford to cannibalize any of their financial or human assets. They’re compelled to care about their residents; affordability is political survival.
All of the whereas, U.S. residents don’t know what power and transportation may doubtlessly seem like right here, what they are going to seem like in Canada and the U.Ok., and what they do seem like in China immediately. Trendy renewable power was born right here at Bell Labs, together with a lot different tech that may find yourself electrifying the world earlier than us.
Pam Brennan, Newport Seashore
