Renewables Aren’t Renewable

April 21, 2022 — The Russia-Ukraine war has emphasized the EU’s dependence on Russian oil and provided an opportunity to discuss long-term energy sourcing. Many clean energy advocates have used the controversy to push harder for an electrified economy, but energy independence through clean energy is complicated. This piece illustrates China’s attempt to control the entire value chain of the future clean economy and how achieving Net Zero is going to require serious consideration of new and perhaps less obvious forms of energy technology.