President Trump: Our unexpected climate president?

[Zorro]

The Iranian crisis appears to be boosting the transition away from fossil fuels toward renewable energy

In one of the most ironic twists of his tenure, President Donald Trump’s military confrontation with Iran may end up with an unintended consequence: accelerating the world’s transition away from fossil fuels.

The president’s intentions are clear – boost U.S. fossil fuels and secure energy dominance in the world. In the short term, it is working: U.S. oil and gas exports are hitting record highs as countries scramble to find secure supplies.

But the cost and pain of the third energy crisis in a decade (including during the initial COVID recovery as demand outstripped supply and the Ukrainian war when Russian gas was sanctioned) is also driving home an important lesson: Oil and gas supplies are vulnerable and volatile, and their supply chains can be weaponized and cripple economies without warning. True energy security comes from a home-grown supply.

In the past, countries without significant fossil fuel resources were powerless to create energy within their borders. But today they are not, as solar, wind and batteries have dropped in price so rapidly that they can economically pick up bigger parts of the energy load. And unlike with fossil fuels, renewable energy costs aren’t volatile, and their fuel source — sunbeams and wind currents — can not be embargoed.

https://www.tampabay.com/viewpoints/2026/05/23/president-trump-our-unexpected-climate-president-column/

[GreenWave]

1. Take that you very expected primate cresty dent

*Cresty neck (nuchal crest adiposity) is a regional fat deposit strongly linked to Equine Metabolic Syndrome and laminitis risk.
Such is the life of a "stable" genius,

[slightlv]

2. "True energy security comes from a home-grown supply."

Doesn't seem like it for the country that's doing the over producing, does it? All of ours is going onto the overseas market for price manipulation. We aren't reaping any kind of reward for the destruction it does to our country and the planet, in general. Whatever happened to the Peak Oil I kept hearing about a few years ago?

[hatrack]

3. It did happen, since peak oil theory applies to conventional production . . . .

What we've seen since 2010 (roughly) is a fracking-driven boom.

While it allowed exploitation of reserves previously out of reach to conventional drilling, it also allowed (A) far faster depletion of given reserves, (B) expanded exploitation of what would have been marginal reserves (at best) using old technology and (C) presented new "unanticipated" problems with surface pollution, injection-driven earthquakes, groundwater contamination and wastewater geysers.

[slightlv]

4. Ah, yes... all the various and different ways to rape and exploit the Earth. Thanks for reminding me!