US ignores these military implications of the energy transition at our peril
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Inflation Reduction Act has steered U.S. energy policy firmly in the direction of Europe’s massive expansion of wind and solar power – ignoring the national security risks.
Retired Air Force Col. Terry Virts is a senior fellow at the National Center for Energy Analytics. He formerly served as an F-16 pilot, test pilot and NASA astronaut, where he piloted the Space Shuttle Endeavour and commanded the International Space Station.
And there are three key features of the "energy transition" that put freedom-loving countries at risk and should worry our military strategic planners: increasing geopolitical dependencies, especially on China, wealth and knowledge transfer to China, and greater vulnerability in the event of a military confrontation.
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