Rise of the electrostate.
January 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Rise of the electrostate.
I'm kind of baffled how the "moderates" have apparently all decided to turn against climate policy at once, just as China reaches green electrostate liftoff mode. I thought these people were all about National Greatness and making Hard Choices
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I'm kind of baffled how the "moderates" have apparently all decided to turn against climate policy at once, just as China reaches green electrostate liftoff mode. I thought these people were all about National Greatness and making Hard Choices
David Roberts -
the U.S. is basically aligning itself as the last big petrostate. And will go down with the fossil fuel ship; and China is aligning itself as the first electrostate. It is rapidly electrifying its economy, dominating the technology, supply chains, world markets, everything
the U.S. is basically aligning itself as the last big petrostate. And will go down with the fossil fuel ship; and China is aligning itself as the first electrostate. It is rapidly electrifying its economy, dominating the technology, supply chains, world markets, everything
March 29, 2026 at 12:09 PM
David Roberts -
the U.S. is basically aligning itself as the last big petrostate. And will go down with the fossil fuel ship; and China is aligning itself as the first electrostate. It is rapidly electrifying its economy, dominating the technology, supply chains, world markets, everything
the U.S. is basically aligning itself as the last big petrostate. And will go down with the fossil fuel ship; and China is aligning itself as the first electrostate. It is rapidly electrifying its economy, dominating the technology, supply chains, world markets, everything
Petrostate vs Electrostate.
April 1, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Petrostate vs Electrostate.
What's wild is that this current war is indistinguishable from a deliberate plan to frighten countries away from petrostates & into the arms of the world's dominant electrostate.
How the Iran War Could Consolidate China’s Energy Dominance
Amid global oil and gas disruptions, China stands prepared for the electrostate era.
foreignpolicy.com
March 25, 2026 at 10:43 PM
What's wild is that this current war is indistinguishable from a deliberate plan to frighten countries away from petrostates & into the arms of the world's dominant electrostate.
China has been electrifying nine times faster than the rest of the world: "the first major electrostate"
- Philipp Heimberger
- Philipp Heimberger
July 11, 2024 at 7:00 AM
China has been electrifying nine times faster than the rest of the world: "the first major electrostate"
- Philipp Heimberger
- Philipp Heimberger
This is what it looks like to be an "electrostate"; politics flow from what energy infrastructures will allow.
Meanwhile, Spain's massive investment in renewables is paying dividends now: with prices for Spanish industry and consumers low and stable compared with other European economies.
www.ft.com/content/ac77...
www.ft.com/content/ac77...
March 8, 2026 at 11:36 PM
This is what it looks like to be an "electrostate"; politics flow from what energy infrastructures will allow.
Electrostate or Petrostate: Canada's Big Choice
The energy future WILL NOT be like the energy past.
Remaining a petrostate guarantees declining living standards for Canadians.
An electrostate MUST BE Canada's future.
#ableg
youtu.be/6M_ikNx5_Dw
The energy future WILL NOT be like the energy past.
Remaining a petrostate guarantees declining living standards for Canadians.
An electrostate MUST BE Canada's future.
#ableg
youtu.be/6M_ikNx5_Dw
Electrostate or Petrostate: Canada's Big Choice
YouTube video by Energi Media
youtu.be
October 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Electrostate or Petrostate: Canada's Big Choice
The energy future WILL NOT be like the energy past.
Remaining a petrostate guarantees declining living standards for Canadians.
An electrostate MUST BE Canada's future.
#ableg
youtu.be/6M_ikNx5_Dw
The energy future WILL NOT be like the energy past.
Remaining a petrostate guarantees declining living standards for Canadians.
An electrostate MUST BE Canada's future.
#ableg
youtu.be/6M_ikNx5_Dw
China is electrifying nine times faster than the rest of the world, becoming the first major electrostate.
September 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
China is electrifying nine times faster than the rest of the world, becoming the first major electrostate.
It is important that EU continue on the road to becoming an Electrostate, otherwise we will be sharing the civilisational and technological backwaters with the DSA.
If we are to dominate China, we must double down on the path to being a strong Electrostate.
If we are to dominate China, we must double down on the path to being a strong Electrostate.
“I think China is using [clean technology] in a very, very geopolitically savvy way, taking advantage of America’s stupidity and regression back into a petrostate. China just wins. America has abrogated the playing field.”
www.ft.com/content/013e...
www.ft.com/content/013e...
The ‘profound’ global impact of China’s rise as an electrostate
The country’s companies now dominate many clean technology industries
www.ft.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:59 AM
It is important that EU continue on the road to becoming an Electrostate, otherwise we will be sharing the civilisational and technological backwaters with the DSA.
If we are to dominate China, we must double down on the path to being a strong Electrostate.
If we are to dominate China, we must double down on the path to being a strong Electrostate.
Even if you don‘t read German, the chart will do it for you. Rise of the electrostate.
In nur 5 Jahren hat China den Automobilmarkt übernommen und ist uns parallel beim E-Auto davon gerast.
Dass Kanzler Merz allen ernstes davon spricht, dass wir 2035 noch "hocheffiziente Verbrenner" verkaufen, macht es noch verrückter.
Dass Kanzler Merz allen ernstes davon spricht, dass wir 2035 noch "hocheffiziente Verbrenner" verkaufen, macht es noch verrückter.
December 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Even if you don‘t read German, the chart will do it for you. Rise of the electrostate.
Suomella on paikka olla Euroopan johtava sähkövaltio (electrostate) ja erittäin hyviä syitä pyrkiä siihen.
Erityisesti liikenteen sähköistymiseen vauhtia siis.
Erityisesti liikenteen sähköistymiseen vauhtia siis.
April 14, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Suomella on paikka olla Euroopan johtava sähkövaltio (electrostate) ja erittäin hyviä syitä pyrkiä siihen.
Erityisesti liikenteen sähköistymiseen vauhtia siis.
Erityisesti liikenteen sähköistymiseen vauhtia siis.
🇨🇳 Every second, China bolts down ~100 solar panels. H1 2025: 67% of global solar already. And before decade’s end, China’s solar capacity ALONE will eclipse the whole US grid. The first true electrostate is here—rising at hyperscale, rewriting energy history in real time. ⚡☀️ #Solar #EV #Energy #BESS
September 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
🇨🇳 Every second, China bolts down ~100 solar panels. H1 2025: 67% of global solar already. And before decade’s end, China’s solar capacity ALONE will eclipse the whole US grid. The first true electrostate is here—rising at hyperscale, rewriting energy history in real time. ⚡☀️ #Solar #EV #Energy #BESS
“I actually don’t think Washington has really woken up to just how popular these new energy and electro technologies that China is exporting are.” FT on the "profound" global impact of China's rise as an electrostate www.ft.com/content/013e... 🔌💡
The ‘profound’ global impact of China’s rise as an electrostate
The country’s companies now dominate many clean technology industries
www.ft.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“I actually don’t think Washington has really woken up to just how popular these new energy and electro technologies that China is exporting are.” FT on the "profound" global impact of China's rise as an electrostate www.ft.com/content/013e... 🔌💡
China, as an electrostate, is set to wipe the floor with Trump's regressive petro-America. There's going to be hell to pay when the USA finally wakes up to what corporate fossil fuels have done to it.
share.google/vlTIx2w7KSmP...
share.google/vlTIx2w7KSmP...
How we made it: will China be the first electrostate?
Beijing dominates in solar, wind, electric cars, rail and batteries
share.google
October 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
China, as an electrostate, is set to wipe the floor with Trump's regressive petro-America. There's going to be hell to pay when the USA finally wakes up to what corporate fossil fuels have done to it.
share.google/vlTIx2w7KSmP...
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Electrostate China.
February 6, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Electrostate China.
“I think China is using it in a very, very geopolitically savvy way, taking advantage of America’s ... regression back into a petrostate... “China just wins. America has abrogated the playing field.”
The ‘profound’ global impact of China’s rise as an electrostate - on.ft.com/473JgPQ via @FT
The ‘profound’ global impact of China’s rise as an electrostate - on.ft.com/473JgPQ via @FT
The ‘profound’ global impact of China’s rise as an electrostate
The country’s companies now dominate many clean technology industries
on.ft.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
“I think China is using it in a very, very geopolitically savvy way, taking advantage of America’s ... regression back into a petrostate... “China just wins. America has abrogated the playing field.”
The ‘profound’ global impact of China’s rise as an electrostate - on.ft.com/473JgPQ via @FT
The ‘profound’ global impact of China’s rise as an electrostate - on.ft.com/473JgPQ via @FT
"Asia, Shine on!
US’s Petrostate versus China’s Electrostate."
www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/petrostate-v...
US’s Petrostate versus China’s Electrostate."
www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/petrostate-v...
US's Petrostate versus China's Electrostate - Climate and Capital Media
Exploring the future of energy: the global race to transition to clean energy and the challenges it poses.
www.climateandcapitalmedia.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
"Asia, Shine on!
US’s Petrostate versus China’s Electrostate."
www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/petrostate-v...
US’s Petrostate versus China’s Electrostate."
www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/petrostate-v...
USA is a belligerent petrostate
China is the innovative electrostate
Europe appears to be just in a State of Confusion
My interview on Climate Confident with @tomraftery.com
(and a call out to @mliebreich.bsky.social)
China is the innovative electrostate
Europe appears to be just in a State of Confusion
My interview on Climate Confident with @tomraftery.com
(and a call out to @mliebreich.bsky.social)
September 26, 2026 at 3:19 AM
USA is a belligerent petrostate
China is the innovative electrostate
Europe appears to be just in a State of Confusion
My interview on Climate Confident with @tomraftery.com
(and a call out to @mliebreich.bsky.social)
China is the innovative electrostate
Europe appears to be just in a State of Confusion
My interview on Climate Confident with @tomraftery.com
(and a call out to @mliebreich.bsky.social)
Ok everyone started the Electrostate versus Petrostate framing after Trump won & gutted IRA.
Two strong pieces contest that framing:
1 China qualifes as Electrostate but US is not a Petrostate economically in but a "closed Petrostate" (Tooze)
2 China is not an Electrostate, but a coal power (Wang)
Two strong pieces contest that framing:
1 China qualifes as Electrostate but US is not a Petrostate economically in but a "closed Petrostate" (Tooze)
2 China is not an Electrostate, but a coal power (Wang)
April 3, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Ok everyone started the Electrostate versus Petrostate framing after Trump won & gutted IRA.
Two strong pieces contest that framing:
1 China qualifes as Electrostate but US is not a Petrostate economically in but a "closed Petrostate" (Tooze)
2 China is not an Electrostate, but a coal power (Wang)
Two strong pieces contest that framing:
1 China qualifes as Electrostate but US is not a Petrostate economically in but a "closed Petrostate" (Tooze)
2 China is not an Electrostate, but a coal power (Wang)
“I think China is using [clean technology] in a very, very geopolitically savvy way, taking advantage of America’s stupidity and regression back into a petrostate. China just wins. America has abrogated the playing field.”
www.ft.com/content/013e...
www.ft.com/content/013e...
The ‘profound’ global impact of China’s rise as an electrostate
The country’s companies now dominate many clean technology industries
www.ft.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM
“I think China is using [clean technology] in a very, very geopolitically savvy way, taking advantage of America’s stupidity and regression back into a petrostate. China just wins. America has abrogated the playing field.”
www.ft.com/content/013e...
www.ft.com/content/013e...
The scale of #solar farms in China is mindblowing ... and they are planning to double it
#electrostate
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
#electrostate
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
February 18, 2026 at 11:14 AM
The scale of #solar farms in China is mindblowing ... and they are planning to double it
#electrostate
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
#electrostate
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
#Electrostate vs #Petrostate - 1:0
Wake up Donald :D
"China earns more from exporting solar panels, batteries, electric cars and other clean energy tech than the US does through fossil fuel exports"
⚡️⚡️⚡️🔋🔋🔋
#alwaysbecharging
🌞🌞🌞💨💨💨
"China earns more from exporting solar panels, batteries, electric cars and other clean energy tech than the US does through fossil fuel exports"
⚡️⚡️⚡️🔋🔋🔋
#alwaysbecharging
🌞🌞🌞💨💨💨
October 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
#Electrostate vs #Petrostate - 1:0
Great thread👇 ASEAN, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and the Iberian Peninsula have become something biggesrthan the earlier, resource orientated "Belt & Road". They seem to be the spine of a global #electrostate. But green FDI to the US is also surprisingingly large.
NEW: The big story is not Chinese EVs everywhere —but Chinese EV factories everywhere.
And its not just Chinese firms going out. Our CM-FDI database tracks every foreign Solar, Wind, EV and battery manufacturing plant built in 21st century.
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And its not just Chinese firms going out. Our CM-FDI database tracks every foreign Solar, Wind, EV and battery manufacturing plant built in 21st century.
cmfdi.netzeropolicylab.com
September 26, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Great thread👇 ASEAN, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and the Iberian Peninsula have become something biggesrthan the earlier, resource orientated "Belt & Road". They seem to be the spine of a global #electrostate. But green FDI to the US is also surprisingingly large.
The first true electrostate was Norway, decades ago.
September 30, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The first true electrostate was Norway, decades ago.