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There IS a theory to this. But it starts with the carrot, not the stick.
And Biden did this. Clean and renewable energy is inevitably going to shift above fossil fuels. For a while, China was going to be the biggest profiteer since they make all the solar panels. One goal of the Inflation Reduction Act was to bring solar manufacturing to America.
And, while many “making jobs” actions of the government are false charities (“We’ll pay you to watch paint dry! It’s not welfare!”) clean energy has the chance to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, and lower people’s out-of-control home utility bills in the face of extreme weather. The best part, these jobs were going to red states.
So after several years of this, we could’ve put a tariff on Chinese solar panels to boost American markets as an alternative. But Trump, skipping the hard work, wanted to operate solely off the stick.
And EVs. New technology for all personal vehicles. No one yet dominated. No country, no manufacturer. If anything, Tesla, an American company, was out ahead. It’s a lot easier to build an industry when there is no industry leader to outcompete
Biden’s policies were guiding US manufacturers toward that, setting efficiency standards, building infrastructure, offering incentives to both establish a predictable market and to help manufacturers transition. US could have been a leading country for automobile manufacturing.
I’ve never seen that so blatantly thrown away. When we wake from the insanity and are allowed to buy foreign cars again, we’re going to find our legacy manufacturers with hopelessly outdated technology and overpriced products unsuitable to be sold anywhere else in a world where there are now established leaders. The car manufacturing supply chain in the US supports millions of jobs, but I’m afraid we’re seeing the beginning of that entirely disappearing