As Michael Mann said: China is becoming an electrostate while the US turns into a petrostate.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/30/climate/china-clean-energy-power.html?s=03

China's Clean Energy Boom Could Win the Race to Power the Future

Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security.

The New York Times