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Niche Strategies Reflect Weakness in Energy Transition
Proposals for America's energy strategy, focusing on geothermal, carbon capture, hydrogen, and nuclear technologies, reveal a lack of ambition and alignment with global energy trends. These technologies are largely viewed with skepticism by energy transition experts, indicating they're unlikely to lead the shift towards sustainable energy. America's comparative advantage in geothermal and hydrogen stems from fossil fuel technologies such as fracking, undermining the notion of progressive transition. The ability of China to rapidly expand its atomic energy capabilities further highlights the inadequacy of America's proposed strategy, which appears more as a superficial discussion rather than a robust plan that considers current global realities.