In 2019, the US became energy independent for the first time in decades. That independence didn’t last long though, and the US is at risk of decreasing hobbling its economy if it moves too fast to kill domestic oil production while ramping up unreliable renewable energy sources before they can reliably meet demand. In this episode of China Unscripted, we discuss the United State’s perrenial hope that China will come to the table to work on climate change, how China uses climate change as a carrot to get con