President Biden spent his first nine months in office trying to gain leverage over China: He patched up trade disputes with America’s allies. The message was unmistakable: The United States will work with China to address common challenges while competing from a position of strength. Take climate change, the single greatest long-term danger to life in the United States — and everywhere else. To reduce carbon emissions, the United States must rapidly switch to cleaner energy sources like solar. In so doing, however, it is making solar energy more expensive for Americans, which delays the United States’ transition away from fossil fuels.

Source: New York Times November 19, 2021 02:18 UTC