The first Republican primary debate included exchanges with Haley and Burgum that highlight the perils of paying China for 'green energy.'
The first Republican primary debate on Wednesday night included exchanges with North Dakota governor Doug Burgum and former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley that were more illuminating on the subject of China policy than the actual China segment of the debate.
“Of course, we’re paying too much for energy in our country right now. Part of the reason why is because of the Biden policies on energy,” he said. Burgum noted that Western sanctions on Russian oil after the invasion of Ukraine had the unintended consequence of making vast amounts of fossil fuel available at discount prices to eager buyers like China and India, although he focused on China. India’sof Russian oil hit record highs this summer, and India now gets more oil from Russia than from its next four biggest suppliers combined.
Burgum was also correct that China uses large amounts of coal, oil, and gas power to manufacture solar panels. The International Energy Agency has, grumbling that the green energy manufacturing industry is not very “green” itself, in large part because high-polluting China controls such a huge share of the market.
“You’ve got to understand, all these electric vehicles he’s done? Half of the batteries for electric vehicles are made in China. That’s not helping the environment. You’re putting money in China’s pocket. Biden did that,” she contended.
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