West is far behind China on climate-change energy policies

When the United States, UK and other gas-guzzling western countries are coughing on their last drop of fossil fuel, China will reign supreme, thanks to Beijing's headlong rush to switch to solar and wind power. China has made more progress on changing to alternative energy sources than the rest of the world combined. It is hugely impressive and sets an example which very few countries are following. Why is this? Why is China yet again making the smart moves to plan for the future? The US under Donald Trump has gone backwards on energy planning. The president is disnissive of climate-change and global warming and wants oil comanaies to step up its oil drilling. Many of the alternative-energy programmes, supported by President Joe Biden, are still up and running but federal funds are being reduced and the Biden legislation which underpinned the switch to alternative energy is being gradually dismantled. So the US will remain dependent on oil and gas. The UK is almost as bad.The Labour government is theoretically heading for net zero emissions but the plan has come under such criticism that it already looks like the timetable will slip for years and may be never happen. Meanwhile the Conservative opposition party is now following Trump and wants drilling for oil and natural gas to be increased in the North Sea. At least in the UK coal is now being used less for power than alternative sources. But coal is still king in many countries. Actually, it's still a big source of energy in China. But the overall policy momentum in China is towards solar and wind. In the West, however, all those grand hopes of saving the planet from insufferable global warming have fallen by the wayside.