{"id":1230,"date":"2010-03-26T12:58:43","date_gmt":"2010-03-26T12:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astraea.net\/blog\/?p=1230"},"modified":"2010-03-26T12:58:43","modified_gmt":"2010-03-26T12:58:43","slug":"the-world-is-leaning-east-faster-with-green-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/the-world-is-leaning-east-faster-with-green-power\/","title":{"rendered":"The World is leaning east faster, with green power."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/science\/nature\/8587319.stm\">Current data shows that China and Asian countries are investing more in green energy than the US and Europe<\/a>. \u00a0In fact China is investing nearly twice as much as the US and so is Europe. \u00a0This is as it should be. \u00a0Economic and political power is shifting East and that is good for humanity. \u00a0It will balance global economics and politics and it will enhance a more compassionate society. \u00a0The cultures of Asia are more mature, more social, more family oriented that those of Asia and the West. \u00a0And if you buy into the idea of a cosmic rhythm, this follows the predictions of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mayanism\">Mayan calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On a practical note, the failure of the US to invest in green will be its greatest failure. \u00a0As even <a href=\"http:\/\/astraea.net\/blog\/?p=1189\">the IEA admits to peak oil<\/a> (and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/2009\/nov\/09\/peak-oil-international-energy-agency\">even optimistic projections show a levelling of production<\/a> against growing energy demand) the cornerstone of America&#8217;s economic and geopolitical strategy for the past century is being undermined. \u00a0You do not have to be <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winning_the_Oil_Endgame\">Amory Lovins<\/a> to realise that the opportunity for the US to establish itself as a winner in the new order is being washed away by self-interest and short-sightedness.<\/p>\n<p>PEW Research Center: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewtrusts.org\/news_room_detail.aspx?id=57972\">China Leads G-20 Members in Clean Energy Finance and Investment <\/a><\/p>\n<p>BBC:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/science\/nature\/8587319.stm\">China steams ahead on clean energy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current data shows that China and Asian countries are investing more in green energy than the US and Europe. \u00a0In fact China is investing nearly twice as much as the US and so is Europe. \u00a0This is as it should be. \u00a0Economic and political power is shifting East and that is good for humanity. \u00a0It &hellip;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/the-world-is-leaning-east-faster-with-green-power\/\" class=\"more-link pen_button pen_element_default pen_icon_arrow_double\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The World is leaning east faster, with green power.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","category-energy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4hwcd-jQ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1231,"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230\/revisions\/1231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}