Chris Perry

Christian Father, Husband, Leader, CEO, and Golfer. Dedicated to helping other people live passionate lives and leave the world a better place. Galatians 2:20.

[Bjorn Lomborg @BjornLomborg]

Compelling:

The West’s net-zero policies are handing China a huge strategic advantage

While Western nations close reliable energy and raise costs, China adds wind and solar without giving up coal, oil or gas—then sells us the panels, batteries and other products our mandates require

China’s approach is “add, don’t subtract”: build renewables and nuclear power while continuing to expand fossil fuels. This supplies cheap, dependable energy for Chinese industry. Meanwhile, many Western governments deliberately make their own energy more expensive and become increasingly dependent on Chinese solar panels, batteries, critical minerals and manufacturing.

Western climate organizations scrutinize democracies far more aggressively than China, where independent activism is impossible and access depends on the state.

Climate policy should be judged by its actual effect on global emissions, energy prices, industrial competitiveness and dependence on China—not simply by whether it appears ambitious at home.

https://t.co/2gpXeNvrT9

[Bjorn Lomborg @BjornLomborg]

Fossil China vs Green hype

You're told China is green

Reality: China is predominantly fossil fuel-powered, as is the rest of the world

China's renewable energy share 40% in 1971 when poor (wood, dung)

As average Chinese got 35x richer over the period, fossil fuels maxed at 2024

https://t.co/abqXj353Pj

You can see all the references in my Twitter thread:
https://t.co/GnpumjIdHO

[Todd Jones 🦊 @toddrjones]

Here are some ways in which the world has gotten better.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Electricity output is the single best proxy for industrial capacity

[Chris Perry @tcperry]

Early last year, a cluster of data centers in Virginia suddenly dropped off the power grid, threatening the stability of the already vulnerable system https://t.co/EX96NpY9PW via @WSJ

[Steve Milloy @JunkScience]

Germany to scrap unworkable heat pump mandate. Oil and gas heating to be allowed. https://t.co/tUzgZKhY2E

[Chris Perry @tcperry]

AI companies will need to build their own power plants, though it will require sacrificing their green posturing. https://t.co/xuw2adTSmW via @WSJopinion

[Chris Perry @tcperry]

There’s a Race to Power the Future. China Is Pulling Away. https://t.co/jlID5Z99Ko

[Secretary Doug Burgum @SecretaryBurgum]

.@POTUS is the first president to understand that you can't have national security or economic prosperity without energy independence!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

China electricity generation is still growing super fast, with solar being the largest incremental contributor, and will exceed America by a factor of 3X either this year or next

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Electricity is proxy for industrial might.

It is the foundation of the economy.

[Chris Perry @tcperry]

Coal power rode to the rescue in the Midwest, East Coast and Texas as this weekend’s arctic blast put the electric grid to the test. https://t.co/p0riSotgVw via @WSJopinion

[Bjorn Lomborg @BjornLomborg]

The risk of dying from climate-related disasters has declined 99.4%

As the global population quadrupled over the century, the risk per million declined from 241 in 1920s to 1.5 in 2020s

Compare, global risk of dying in traffic is 145 (100x)

2026 update of https://t.co/M1AS3inJJ3

[Chris Perry @tcperry]

Aging power infrastructure is threatening the ability of countries to capitalize on the AI boom. The U.K. offers a cautionary tale https://t.co/T6ahIhiOE8 via @WSJ

[Chris Perry @tcperry]

The Pentagon and A.I. Giants Have a Weakness. Both Need China’s Batteries, Badly. https://t.co/RIkMAy0PMj

[Chris Perry @tcperry]

China has an ace to play in the global AI contest: the biggest power grid the world has ever seen. https://t.co/RJQcX5mTO0 via @WSJ

[Chris Perry @tcperry]

China has an ace to play in the global AI contest: the biggest power grid the world has ever seen. https://t.co/nQChfcTH2i via @WSJ

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Major competitive disadvantage

[Chris Perry @tcperry]

Germany’s energy consumption stagnated or even slightly declined this year as Europe’s largest economy struggles to emerge from a prolonged slump, according to research group AG Energiebilanzen https://t.co/3cxB7rBuxB

[Bjorn Lomborg @BjornLomborg]

Are we finally moving past climate alarmism to a data-driven, honest discussion?

Interesting read from The Free Press about those of us who have long argued for a measured approach on climate over catastrophe and the need for economic and scientific realism.

https://t.co/Q3KhRiG5u5