European governments chose to sacrifice their climate goals to protect their car manufactures, and have wound up with nothing: struggling carmakers closing factories (and decimating the supply chain), breached environmental targets — and citizens buying EVs from Chinese companies. Incredible self-own, given our respective starting points. Once more with feeling: green energy is sovereign and resilient energy. https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-fall-in-q2-2026-due-to-plummeting-oil-use