Why China is becoming the first electrostate

> Recent analysis from Carbon Brief found the country’s emissions dropped in the first quarter of 2025 by 1.6 per cent

> China’s clean energy exports in 2024 alone have already shaved 1 per cent off global emissions outside of China

> “It drove 10 per cent of their GDP last year — just the one industry, clean energy. It’s overtaken real estate, and that says a lot because real estate was the driving force of their economy until a few years ago. But now it’s been overtaken by clean energy,”

"No point in doing anything about climate change because India and China" is in absolute shambles now.

> One of the key reasons it has pivoted to electrification is to get away from its dependence on imported fossil fuels.

> “China sees the old, the conventional fossil fuel growth model as not sustainable. And it is becoming increasingly unable to sustain long-term prosperity.”

> Last year, crude oil imports to China fell for the first time in two decades, with the exception of the recent pandemic. China is now expected to hit peak oil in 2027, according to the International Energy Agency.

Clean energy is also canny national and energy policy.

> “Even if you have pretty poor-quality natural resources, you can still squeeze quite a bit of electricity out of a solar panel. It’s really changing the geopolitics. Renewable energy is the most secure form of energy that there is because you just eliminate the need for imports."

Firefly said it best - "You can't take the sky from me".