One can hope China is still selling solar panels and batteries. Because they are.

Like everyrhing, hes incompetent. He tried helping big oil. He screwed them.

But most of the infrastructure for harvesting renewable power comes from China, has a price and import can be embargoed.

Can’t embargo the sun

Mr. Burns did it ...

Why don't we encase it in useless gold and use it as currency?

Petrochemical industry should be the last thing using oil in decades because it actually needs the exact chemical feedstock. But with declining demand there sound be enough oil wells in existence to keep enough supply to match the declining demand decrease slowly over time.

Apparantly geothermal is extremely viable in australia for baseload as well. Also safer, and cheaper in the long run.

That depends. Is Australia self sufficient when it comes to nuclear fuel?

From my understanding a nuclear power station would take 8-10 years to get up while costing an enormous amount, especially now that transport, materials, etc, etc, will cost a lot more with the current supply situation. So, for those reasons it is not a viable way to go.

Takes way too long to set up. Like 20 years with all delays.

Solar you buy today and place tomorrow. And it is cheaper too.

Because nuclear works, can be build, and fit well to current infrastructure. Renewables can't replace base generation, require non existing production capacity, grid upgrades and etc.