How China Went From Clean Energy Copycat to Global Innovator
www.nytimes.com
A surge in high quality research and patent applications has cemented China’s dominance in the industry.
  • b34k@lemmy.worldEnglish
    302·
    1 day ago

    We (USA) gave up on being clean energy leaders decades ago and now China has emerged in our place.

    Now, between meddling in our universities, research granting system, and an insane HHS Secretary, we’re headed on the same path in a larger number of other science and technical fields, especially Medicine.

      • b34k@lemmy.worldEnglish
        151·
        1 day ago

        The article mentioned solar tech being first patented in the US, and even as recently as the 70s the government injected cash to push it forward.

        So maybe not “Clean energy leader” per se, but certainly tech leader in the clean energy space.

        • optissima@lemmy.mlEnglish
          22·
          1 day ago

          A tech leader 55 years ago isnt a tech leader anymore. I donated a dollar to a solar development program, which is a larger percentage of my wealth than the US put forward of its. Am I a tech leader now too?

        • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
          61·
          1 day ago

          The correct wording would be to give up on becoming, giving up on being indicates that they were at the point they gave up.

    • rayyy@piefed.socialEnglish
      51·
      1 day ago

      Also, we (USA) gave up on being the world leader in 2025 and now China has emerged in our place.