Burgum: Clean Energy Push Risks Grid Failure, Losing AI Race To China
The Interior Secretary said that Biden's green energy craze was a greater risk than global warming.
by Callie Patteson Apr 25, 2025
Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum advocated increased use of fossil fuels to power artificial intelligence advancements, calling losing to China in the race for artificial intelligence arms the current biggest “existential threat” to the United States. [emphasis, links added]
“We need more electricity to win the AI arms race against China,” Burgum said, emphasizing the administration’s stance on securing more baseload power Friday during Semafor‘s World Economy Summit in Washington, D.C.
Burgum said the U.S. risks letting China get ahead on AI if it continues following past administrations’ strategies of focusing on the accelerated phaseout of fossil fuels such as coal and spending on renewable energy.
He said the pursuit of clean energy also puts Americans at a higher risk of grid failure, as renewables and battery storage technologies have yet to meet growing energy demand.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/burgum-clean-energy-push-risks-grid-failure-losing-ai-race-to-china/
