Source: New York Post
by Bjorn Lomborg
“Many in the West gaze in awe at China’s apparent dominance in green energy. ‘“China is becoming a green superpower,’ read a BBC headline last month. ‘China’s Green Triumph,’ trumpeted The New York Times. China is indeed churning out solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles and batteries that flood global markets — proof, advocates say, of an inevitable green transition. Yet these supposed marvels are forged amid overwhelming and surging use of fossil fuels, particularly coal. Its real energy achievements — dramatic energy ramp-ups to fuel prosperity, and advances in nuclear power — remain overlooked. In 2025, as the world invested $2.3 trillion in green energy, more than a third of that investment, $800 billion, came from China, nearly matching the US and the EU combined. But spending isn’t the best measure of investment quality. After China’s real-estate bubble went bust in 2020, capital flowed into the solar-panel industry, and the sudden influx created vast overproduction and overcapacity.” (03/11/26)
https://nypost.com/2026/03/11/opinion/dont-buy-green-china-hype-heres-beijings-real-energy-agenda/