[ExI] Trump Is Obsessed With Oil, but Chinese Batteries Will Soon Run the World

[John Clark]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 12:37 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

*>Plug in hybrids are powered mostly by oil. *
>

*As I said before, China will reach peak oil usage next year, and it
generates nearly 3 times as much electricity as the US does, and 42% of it
comes from renewable sources. And currently China has **40 nuclear power
reactors under construction, the US has none. Meanwhile our Mad King is
tilting at windmills and thinks that will Make America Great Again. *

*>  **put them in Greenland, power AI from there.  Put the data centers
> right there next to the plant, so the huge power cables are short.*


*There is absolutely nothing preventing a company from doing that right now
if they think it makes any economic sense, there is no need to go to war
with Denmark and conquer Greenland to get it done!  *

*> John, everything isn’t about the current POTUS. *
>

*The current POTUS would very strongly disagree with you.  *


> *>> …Our Mad King has** ordered the construction of all wind farms be
>> stopped even if they are financed completely with private funding, he
>> claims he has the legal authority to do that because of "national security
>> concerns" … John K Clark *
>
>
> *> Solution: don’t put wind turbines out at sea. Done.*
>

*Experts have told corporations that some of the best places to put wind
turbines is out at sea, there is no logical reason not to do so, but Mr. I
Lowered Drug Prices By 1600 Percent is not a big fan of logic so he has
forbidden their construction. China produces FAR more electricity than the
US does, and electrical power is an important factor in determining who
will win the AI race which is of existential importance. We are far behind
so we should be doing everything possible to catch up, but instead our Mad
King is throwing up roadblocks in our way. Do you really think this will
Make America Great Again?  *


> *> Put them on privately-owned land, privately financed.  Done.  [...]
>  Federal government has no jurisdiction on wind turbines on privately-owned
> land,*


*No. You are entirely wrong. It makes no difference if it's built on public
or private land or if government or private money is used, before ANY wind
farm can be built onshore or offshore it needs to receive a very long list
of permits from the federal government; for example FAA clearances,
wildlife permits, environmental permits, permits that allow a wind farm to
connect to transmission lines that cross state lines, and many others. *

*On January 20, 2025, just a few hours after he was sworn in for his second
term, You Know Who issued an executive order stopping the issuing of all
new or renewed federal approvals for both offshore and onshore wind
projects. Unless the King's pet judges on the Supreme Court says that his
order was unconstitutional, which seems unlikely, the US will lack an
ability that China has, the ability to turn wind into electricity. *

* > there are no national security concerns. *
>

*There are no national security concerns regarding offshore wind farms
either, at least none that our Mad King can mention or that any general
knows anything about. As for "jurisdiction" that's just a word, it will not
protect you from autocracy, and it will not protect you from the Madness of
King Donald.*

*John K Clark  *
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