China is main beneficiary of West's futile energy transition push

Consumption of fossil fuels is as strong as ever as they remain irreplaceable

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A solar park in Cestas, France: The growth of renewable power in the West has not decreased consumption of fossil fuels. © Reuters

Brenda Shaffer is a research faculty member with the Energy Academic Group of the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. She is also senior adviser on energy at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and a senior fellow at the Global Energy Center of the Atlantic Council.

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