Indeed, but you must message it aggressively and continually as such politically, and even then, there are immense vested interests who are going to try to hold you back [1]. Even Texas had to fight very hard against itself politically to ensure they could keep deploying solar at scale [2].

> Cheap power is a competitive advantage --- period, the end. The leadership in China gets this, US leadership doesn't.

Strongly agree. With that said, humans are notoriously irrational and self-interested, and collective action problems and governance are fraught with peril.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/29/exx...

[2] Texas Legislature Beats Back Assault on Clean Energy - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44277367 - June 2025