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Claim: Green Nations are Poised to Become a New Superpower

Essay by Eric Worrall

The committed are uniting into a big fluffy green ball of commitment.

A new economic superpower could spark a global retreat from fossil fuels

Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope
Tue 7 Apr 2026 20.00 AEST

Eighty-five countries have sought a roadmap to phasing out fossil fuels. A conference this month offers hope they could unite

At the UN Cop30 climate summit last November, Saudi Arabia led a group of petrostates in vetoing calls to develop a “roadmap” to phase out fossil fuels globally; indeed, the words “fossil fuels” were not even mentioned in the final text agreed at Cop30. But the 85 countries on the losing end of that veto may soon turn the tables.

Many of those governments will gather in Colombia on 28-29 April for a conference to begin a global transition away from oil, gas and coal. Critically, the First International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels will not be governed by UN rules, which require consensus, but by majority rule, thus preventing a handful of countries from sabotaging progress as petrostates did at Cop30. …

Combine the gross national products of those 85 countries and the total is $33.3tn. That’s larger than the $30.6tn GNP of the US, the world’s biggest economy, and considerably larger than the $19.4tn GNP of China, the world’s second-biggest economy.

The scales could tilt even further if California joins the “coalition of the willing”. Adding California’s $4.1tn GDP to the $33.3tn of the 85 countries that backed a roadmap at Cop30 – and subtracting that $4.1tn from the rest of the US economy – yields an economic superpower worth $37.4tn, not far behind the $50tn combined GDP of the US and China.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/07/iran-war-oil-phase-out-fossil-fuels

If there is a credible roadmap to phase out fossil fuel, why not just do it, and prove by doing that green energy is cheaper? Why do greens need to assemble a “superpower” of 80 nations to convince each other they’re committed to climate action?

The fact is there is no credible path to Net Zero, so the Colombia conference is just political theatre – a pathetic attempt to replay the failed dumpster fire COP30 Belém climate conference. All the talk about trillions of dollars is a weak attempted put down of US economic success, and a lure to ensure delegates actually show up to their pointless conference.

The Iran War has exposed the fantasies of people who claim trillions of dollars spent on green subsidies have reduced our dependence on fossil fuel even a little.

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Neil Pryke
April 10, 2026 10:22 pm

MRDE…”Well, they would…Wouldn’t they !”

sherro01
April 10, 2026 10:26 pm

Global wisdom will reveal itself when most of the important countries understand reality, that the leftist green ‘save the world’ mob is small, negative, ignorant and acting against the best interests of the majority, the rest of us. Geoff S

April 10, 2026 10:59 pm

Easy.. just don’t allow fossil fuels to be sent to any of those 85 countries.

Will bring down the price for those countries that still want to use it, and totally bankrupt those 85 dumbest nations.

Reply to  bnice2000
April 11, 2026 12:33 pm

85 countries should be extremely pleased at the closing of the Straight of Hormuz.

I mean, its like a dream come true, isn’t it?

Bryan A
April 10, 2026 11:09 pm

“Green Nations” won’t become Superpowers.
They’ll wind up being Superpowerless when the wind dies at sunset.

Reply to  Bryan A
April 11, 2026 5:02 am

 Superpowerless

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha !!

First chuckle of my day (-:

Reply to  Steve Case
April 11, 2026 7:24 am

😁🤣😂😅

Reply to  Bryan A
April 11, 2026 7:22 am

That sounds like the title of a sad lament for the green blob.
We were sure we had won, but then the wind died at sunset…….

Mark
Reply to  isthatright
April 11, 2026 7:30 am

Or a great start to a haiku poem.

Reply to  Bryan A
April 11, 2026 11:16 am

Intermittent “Superpowers” at best.

CD in Wisconsin
April 10, 2026 11:17 pm

“The scales could tilt even further if California joins the “coalition of the willing”. Adding California’s $4.1tn GDP to the $33.3tn of the 85 countries that backed a roadmap at Cop30 – and subtracting that $4.1tn from the rest of the US economy – yields an economic superpower worth $37.4tn, not far behind the $50tn combined GDP of the US and China.”

I hope that Gavin Gruesome is not planning on being part of this or any other so-called “coalition” involving a treaty or agreement. If my understanding of the U.S. Constitution is correct, he (and all other U.S. states) are prohibited from entering any deal involving a treaty or agreement with foreign nations. Only the federal govt can do that.

“The Constitution places an absolute ban on states conducting their own foreign policy. It explicitly states, “No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation.” This prohibition is unequivocal, meaning states are forbidden from these actions under any circumstances, and Congress cannot grant an exception. This ensures the power to form binding international relationships rests solely with the federal government.”

What Agreements Does the Constitution Prohibit the States From Making? – LegalClarity

missoulamike
Reply to  CD in Wisconsin
April 10, 2026 11:33 pm

To be fair to Hair Gel it will be another idiot at the tiller of the Land of Fruits, Nuts and Flakes. Though I’m crossing mt fingers that their jungle primary and plethora of single issue/ego driven inanities of the blue variety could give us 2 sane candidates that are R’s. It would be hilarious.

Reply to  CD in Wisconsin
April 10, 2026 11:33 pm

Trump doesn’t care, so why should Newsom? Trump is to weak to push back anyways.

MiloCrabtree
Reply to  MyUsernameReloaded
April 11, 2026 1:41 am

Go away, stinking troll.

Reply to  MyUsernameReloaded
April 11, 2026 1:47 am

Courts will kill it stone dead. Lawfare cuts both ways.

Reply to  michel
April 11, 2026 2:27 am

Trump ignores them too. That’s the problem when your dear leader embraces authoritarian tactics. It becomes a free for all.

Reply to  MyUsernameReloaded
April 11, 2026 3:25 am

Far-left activists judges making idiotic anti-Constitutional rulings…

… nearly ALWAYS overturned by the Supreme court.

Trump is doing the will of the Americans who elected him..

… time to get that fact into your head.

Reply to  MyUsernameReloaded
April 11, 2026 5:20 am

Fools confuse strong leadership with authoritarianism. They much prefer a demented far leftist like Biden who got rich with no job in his life other than politics- now that’s something the founding fathers disliked- they strongly believed politics wasn’t meant to be a career.

Scissor
Reply to  Joseph Zorzin
April 11, 2026 5:27 am

For some reason, sales of Hunter Biden’s art is in a slump that began after his father left office.

Reply to  Scissor
April 11, 2026 9:48 am

Hunter wants a cage match between him and Don Jr and Eric Trump to be broadcast on YouTube.

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Hunter should challenge Markwayne Mullins (new head of DHS), too.

Reply to  Tom Abbott
April 11, 2026 1:22 pm

Poor Hunter , the drugs have addled his brain..

Something severe must have happened to him in his childhood. !!

Probably something to do with his parents.

Trying to Play Nice
Reply to  bnice2000
April 13, 2026 5:09 am

His mother was killed in an auto accident and his father took showers with his sister. That will do it.

Reply to  Joseph Zorzin
April 11, 2026 6:26 am

I give trump that he is a great con-man. Strong leader he is not.

MarkW
Reply to  MyUsernameReloaded
April 11, 2026 7:49 am

You just hate it that people are allowed to ignore the diktats of your party’s leadership.

Reply to  MyUsernameReloaded
April 11, 2026 1:21 pm

But you are generally the one that falls for every con…

… so you must have everything bas-ackwards… as always.

Trump is a FAR better leader than either O’bummer or the Ottt-pen.

MarkW
Reply to  Joseph Zorzin
April 11, 2026 7:48 am

The left loves strong leadership, look at all the totalitarians they worship.

Reply to  MyUsernameReloaded
April 11, 2026 5:39 am

Obviously not a U.S. citizen. I wonder what Illegal immigrant-overrun, authoritarian socialist government you live under?

MarkW
Reply to  MyUsernameReloaded
April 11, 2026 7:47 am

Appealing to a higher court is ignoring the courts?

Trying to Play Nice
Reply to  MarkW
April 13, 2026 5:10 am

In the peabrain minds of leftists.

Bryan A
Reply to  MyUsernameReloaded
April 11, 2026 1:51 pm

It’s the Far Left that wants “Free For All” paid by the Government. (from your taxe$$$)

Reply to  MyUsernameReloaded
April 11, 2026 3:22 am

LOL, A sociopathic sociologist writing a complete load of BS..

Full of blatant far-left ignorance in every paragraph..

eg “birthright citizenship” is NOT available to people in the USA ILLEGALLY. !!!

eg :gender equality” applies ONLY to the TWO genders. Trump has not touched that equality

eg Biden era statutes to “curb climate change” are totally meaningless and a waste of funds.

eg.. political positions are ALWAY at the whim of the President.

Democrats LOST THE ELECTION, and everything Trump has done has been for the benefit of the American people.

Not one of his “executive orders” was signed by an anonymous auto-pen..

And you are TOTALLY WRONG.. as usual….

Trump DOES care about America, the Constitution, and the American people

Far more than that either Obama or Biden ever did.

2hotel9
Reply to  MyUsernameReloaded
April 11, 2026 3:41 am

Talk about the super stupid, and you come toddling in spewing stupid. Classic.

Reply to  2hotel9
April 11, 2026 5:41 am

He/she/it/we/they makes money by generating responses. Troll, yes, but probably not stupid if he gets people to react.

Reply to  Phil R
April 11, 2026 6:25 am

Unlike the fossil shills on this site I don’t get paid – so don’t project.

2hotel9
Reply to  MyUsernameReloaded
April 11, 2026 7:05 am

And yet more lies from the lie spewing liar.

Reply to  2hotel9
April 11, 2026 7:32 am

You must be looking in a mirror.

2hotel9
Reply to  isthatright
April 12, 2026 4:32 am

And now using multiple usenames to spew lies, how original! Not.

MarkW
Reply to  MyUsernameReloaded
April 11, 2026 7:51 am

And another disproven claim desperately clung to by the loser who can’t even get simple facts correct.

Reply to  MyUsernameReloaded
April 11, 2026 9:35 am

You don’t get paid for your stupid comments? You’re dumber than I thought.

2hotel9
Reply to  Phil R
April 12, 2026 4:34 am

Of course it gets paid, wouldn’t be here otherwise. And now using multiple usenames to spew lies.

Reply to  MyUsernameReloaded
April 11, 2026 1:29 pm

Fossil fuels provide for the very existence of every western civilisation in the world.

Even you, are totally dependant on them for your very existence.

*** This is an unpaid announcement, brought to you by the use of fossil fuels

2hotel9
Reply to  Phil R
April 11, 2026 7:06 am

Of course it is paid, handed a script and does not deviate from it, just spew lies it is ordered to spew.

Reply to  MyUsernameReloaded
April 11, 2026 5:16 am

Kim Lane Scheppele

a sociologist! Can’t get any dumber than a sociologist. When I took it in ’67, I had to read a dozen or so books. I felt at that time that I learned absolutely nothing in those dozen books. It was 100% pure word salad. She’s so dumb as to think Trump is weak- and LoserName believes her.

Reply to  Joseph Zorzin
April 11, 2026 5:42 am

Maybe LoserName is her in disguise!

SwedeTex
Reply to  MyUsernameReloaded
April 11, 2026 7:19 am

And Newsom’s green policies have resulted in California losing population.

Expensive and unreliable energy a proven winning approach /s

MarkW
Reply to  SwedeTex
April 11, 2026 7:53 am

The ones who are leaving are those who produce the stuff that the parasites consume.
The parasites are of course, staying.

Reply to  MyUsernameReloaded
April 11, 2026 7:27 am

Why would anyone want to stop their joint suicide pact?

MarkW
Reply to  MyUsernameReloaded
April 11, 2026 7:46 am

Do you ever bother checking in with the real world?

Reply to  MarkW
April 11, 2026 9:38 am

With respect, don’t know why you waste your time trying to reason with an irrational fool who obviously is craving just a little bit of attention.

Bryan A
Reply to  MyUsernameReloaded
April 11, 2026 1:50 pm

If Trump doesn’t care AND Newsome doesn’t care, why should you??

Sparta Nova 4
Reply to  MyUsernameReloaded
April 13, 2026 7:57 am

The TDS is strong in this one, Obi-wan.

Reply to  Eric Worrall
April 11, 2026 4:02 am

Quite. Never submitted because rejection was certain, and then it would have been game over.

You have to say that the Constitution was one of the most amazing achievements of statesmanship in history. Its lasted two world wars, a civil war, depression, the industrial revolution, the civil rights movement, mass immigration and increase in population. Its constrained Trump as it has every other President. The only parallel is perhaps the (unwritten) UK constitution on which it was based and whose important elements it codified. That has lasted almost 100 years longer – since 1688. We shall see though which will last the longer in the end.

Mikeyj
Reply to  michel
April 11, 2026 5:14 am

Trump is constrained by democrat judges, not by the constitution. He wins most appeals.

Reply to  Mikeyj
April 11, 2026 5:28 am

And Trump does obey the rulings of stupid, partisan Democrat judges, until they are overturned by a higher court.

Trump is not a dictator. A real Dictator would ignore the law and throw the judges and the opposition Party in jail.

Reply to  Tom Abbott
April 11, 2026 5:44 am

Kinda like Great Britain, France & Germany.

MarkW
Reply to  Phil R
April 11, 2026 7:55 am

And the US, when the Democrats are completely in control.

Reply to  MarkW
April 11, 2026 9:41 am

Judging (no pun intended) by Boasburg and all of the radical, activist liberal judges, even when the Democrats aren’t in complete control.

Reply to  Phil R
April 11, 2026 9:58 am

Boasburg needs to be impeached.

He is neck deep in the Obama/Biden attempt to make the United States a one-Party government, with the Democrats in control.

Boasburg is the judge who initially authorized the Obama/Biden spying on Trump and his administration.

Since that time, he has made numerous rulings against Trump.

CD in Wisconsin
Reply to  Tom Abbott
April 11, 2026 7:54 am

Trump is not a dictator. A real Dictator would ignore the law and throw the judges and the opposition Party in jail.

I have always argued that the U.S. President (regardless of who it is) cannot be any kind of authoritarian dictator or king because of the U.S. Constitution.

That document requires a three-way separation of powers in the U.S. Government — the legislative, the judiciary and the executive. In my mind, there is no way any U.S. President can have authoritarian powers of a dictator because of that separation, and our wise Founding Fathers knew that.

And when you add in the Bill of Rights (especially the first amendment) that protect the individual from government excess, the President becomes even more constrained.

Those anti-Trump “No Kings” protests that we’ve seen here in the U.S. and overseas only serve to show us all how ignorant many people out there are of what I’m saying here. Strong leadership and dictatorship are NOT the same things.

If Trump does not set a record for the number of times a President has been taken to court, he should at least be getting close.

Reply to  CD in Wisconsin
April 11, 2026 10:00 am

Trump definitely has that record, and is adding to it on a daily basis.

MarkW
Reply to  CD in Wisconsin
April 12, 2026 7:46 am

Not a single one of these demonstrators were upset when the Biden administration was throwing Republicans in jail on trumped up charges.
Not a single one of these demonstrators made the slightest peep when Biden tried to set up his Ministry of Truth that sought to make it illegal to publish anything the government disagreed with.

MarkW
Reply to  Tom Abbott
April 12, 2026 7:43 am

Like the stupid, partisan Democrat judge, who, even after being over ruled by higher courts, keep issuing similar rulings.

Reply to  michel
April 11, 2026 5:21 am

It’s much better to have a written version. And a Supreme Court to interpret it.

Reply to  Joseph Zorzin
April 11, 2026 5:46 am

Even the Supreme Court is fragile. The very second a democrat president and a democrat Senate are in power, they will either appoint radical liberal justices or expand the court and then appoint radical liberal justices.

Reply to  Phil R
April 11, 2026 9:48 am

sure, but it’ll take a long time for the Dems to regain the court- Trump has 3 more years to appoint more- maybe- this is the most conservative court in my 76 years

Reply to  Joseph Zorzin
April 11, 2026 1:49 pm

Hope so. If the R’s retain the house at least he won’t be impeached, but if the D’s take the Senate he’s gonna have a hard time getting anyone (decent anyway) approved.

John Hultquist
Reply to  michel
April 11, 2026 8:54 am

The only parallel is perhaps the (unwritten) UK constitution on which it was based and whose important elements it codified.”
Note the word “only”.

Before giving majority credit to the Brits, first consider the role of Corsica’s Pasquale Paoli and the draft constituion (1755) thereof. Much in the U. S. Constitution is similar. There is still a town in Pennsylvania named for him. There is a Wikipedia page for Pasquale Paoli and the latest Smithsonian magazine [April-May, 2026] has the story. 

Reply to  CD in Wisconsin
April 11, 2026 5:36 am

Since when have the liberal democrat Marxists been concerned with the Constitution? Their main goal is to tear it down.

CD in Wisconsin
Reply to  Phil R
April 11, 2026 8:09 am

Phil,

See my comment above at 7:54 AM.

Reply to  CD in Wisconsin
April 11, 2026 9:52 am

Read your comment and generally agree, but ultimately it takes moral and ethical people who believe in the constitutional ideals to protect it. I don’t remember the Latin, but the phrase “who watches the watchman” comes to mind. You get the right combination of activist socialists (and Marxists) in power (president, representatives, senate and judiciary) and they’re well on their way to Marxist utopia-the destruction of family, religion, state and national borders, etc.

They may never get there, but they will never stop trying.

MarkW
Reply to  CD in Wisconsin
April 11, 2026 7:42 am

The left loves to point out that California by itself would be something like the world’s 7th largest economy.
The problem is that a decade or so ago, it was the world’s 3rd largest economy.
Under Newsome, it continues to shrink, not grow.

CD in Wisconsin
Reply to  MarkW
April 11, 2026 8:14 am

Mark,

I have long said that Democrats and other leftists never realize or understand the problems with the things they do until after the damage is done and they are starting to experience the consequences of it. All too often, people operate on an emotional level that cancels out the brain.

MarkW
Reply to  CD in Wisconsin
April 12, 2026 7:49 am

Even when problems do crop up, the left instantly blames the people, for being insufficiently motivated, rather than their plans, for these problems.

John Hultquist
Reply to  MarkW
April 11, 2026 9:27 am

I have an acquaintance that tells me how great the CA economy is, but I mostly don’t bother engaging. I think there is a case of TDS in these people.
The California situation is in flux. Since the end of the Covid panic it has had zero net job growth and a 5% unemployment. {so says the internet} Trying to check on the relative numbers is like trying to get a clear photo of a fluttering butterfly. 

April 11, 2026 1:28 am

CV watch: Mark Hertsgaard: BA in “international studies”. Kyle Pope (?BA) Political Science & Government.

Reply to  worsethanfailure
April 11, 2026 5:22 am

In other words, barely educated hacks.

MarkW
Reply to  Joseph Zorzin
April 12, 2026 7:51 am

With most “studies” programs, you find yourself dumber when finished than when you started.
Before taking such programs you were merely ignorant. When finished, you find your head stuffed with things that aren’t so, and theories that have already been disproven.

Scissor
Reply to  worsethanfailure
April 11, 2026 5:29 am

It really shouldn’t take them long to learn that sand makes a terrible lubricant.

Chris Hanley
April 11, 2026 2:20 am

Why do greens need to assemble

Misery loves company (English proverb).

Reply to  Chris Hanley
April 11, 2026 5:23 am

Ironic that the greens don’t want a greener Earth.

Reply to  Chris Hanley
April 11, 2026 5:47 am

also, herd mentality and emotional group therapy.

MarkW
Reply to  Chris Hanley
April 11, 2026 7:57 am

Assembled greens. Otherwise known as a salad?

George Kaplan
April 11, 2026 2:53 am

Green superpower? Please!

The 4 leading CO2 producers are CCP China (35%), America (12%), India (8%) and Russia (5%). They’re also the leading producers of power – 10 PWh for CCP China, 4 PWh for the US, 2 PWh for India, and 1 PWh for Russia, which is about 55% of global power production.

On the GDP front the US is roughly $31.8 trillion, CCP China roughly $21.2 trillion, India 4th at $4.5 trillion, and Russia 9th at $2.5 trillion, at total of roughly 48.5% of global GDP. Sure, lose California and that figure slips a bit, but that easily can be offset by other likely non-Green nations in the top 20 GDP nations e.g. Turkey $1.6 trillion, Indonesia $1.5 trillion, and of course Saudi Arabia at $1.3 trillion.

Alternatively look at countries by military spending. The US spends 35.5% of total global expenditure, CCP China is estimate to spend 11.2% (and this may not include expenditure hidden as civilian costs), Russia 5.5%, and India 3.1%. Regardless, these 4 nations again comprise a global majority. Without Democrat America or CCP China siding with this ‘Green superpower’ it’s simply not a contender.

2hotel9
April 11, 2026 3:39 am

No, 85 countries are seeking more money to steal. And calling stupid a super power is comical as f*ck.

Mikeyj
April 11, 2026 5:08 am

When I am in doubt about a certain issue, I see what side California is on then I take the other side. The last time they got anything right was back in the 1970’s.

Reply to  Mikeyj
April 11, 2026 5:34 am

Maybe California will elect Steve Hilton as governor. He is by far the best candidate and has the best plan for California’s future.

Of course, the radical Democrats currently have a super majority in the California House and Senate, which will make things difficult for a Republican.

But Steve is a pretty smart guy and may find ways around the partisan Democrats.

Reply to  Tom Abbott
April 11, 2026 7:43 am

If Steyer wins (Swalwell supporters appear to be switching to Steyer), he will complete the destruction of California that Newsom has been pushing during his terms as Lt. Governor and then Governor.

Reply to  isthatright
April 11, 2026 10:06 am

I think Steve Hilton will shine in any debate. I would expect him to win the debate.

So Steyer should practice up.

cgh
Reply to  Mikeyj
April 11, 2026 6:21 am

Quite right. That was when Ronald Reagan was Governor of the state.

April 11, 2026 5:08 am

It’s fine if those 85 countries stop buying fossil fuels. Leaves it for the rest of us.

Reply to  Joseph Zorzin
April 11, 2026 5:37 am

Sounds good to me.

Why don’t they just stop using fossil fuels today?

That would be another way to get gasoline prices down. Go for it!

William Howard
April 11, 2026 5:16 am

can’t wait to see the battery driven air craft carriers – or will they have built in windmills and solar panels

Reply to  William Howard
April 11, 2026 5:39 am

I don’t think the Climate Alarmists thought all these things through.

They had a lot of Hopeium.

Reply to  William Howard
April 11, 2026 7:45 am

Don’t forget the battery driven tanks and troop carriers.

MarkW
April 11, 2026 7:39 am

The problem is that all of the countries that are adopting NetZero are seeing their economies collapse, while those who have abandoned it, or never got on that train in the first place, are seeing their economies grow.

mleskovarsocalrrcom
April 11, 2026 8:24 am

The world can’t even reconcile the oil lost for the past weeks from the closing of the Hormuz strait.

Dave Andrews
April 11, 2026 8:37 am

So 85 countries are involved in this.

However there are 120 oil producing countries in the world and National Oil Companies (NOCs) produce around 55% of the world’s oil and gas. 25 countries are also NOC dependent in that the NOC provides over 20% of government revenues. I’m sure these 120 countries are going to carry on producing their fossil fuels.

Citizen Scientist
April 11, 2026 8:50 am

Sir, it’s not a “political theatre”, as you politely say, it’s actually a circus, just another bunch of clowns. Thank you.

Beta Blocker
April 11, 2026 9:26 am

From the Guardian article concerning Gavin Newsom:

Conference organizers confirm that they have invited countries that endorsed the roadmap proposal at Cop30, as well as high-profile leaders of sub-national governments, including the California governor, Gavin Newsom, a presumed 2028 US presidential candidate. …… Newsom has given every indication he supports phasing out fossil fuels and wants to be seen as a global climate leader. “Don’t let what happens in Washington DC, shape your perception of my country,” he told a packed press conference at Cop30. …… Newsom noted that during his years as governor, California had grown from the world’s sixth to its fourth largest economy even as two-thirds of the state’s electricity came from non-carbon sources. Calling Donald Trump’s withdrawal of the US from the Paris agreement “an abomination”, Newsom vowed that California “will fill that void” by competing for the global market in green technologies.

Because his governance of California is considered by Democrats to be an unqualified success, and because he is a heart throb for liberal women Democratic Party voters, and because he is a polished actor in glibly voicing his policy positions — it’s my opinion that Gavin Newsom has already been chosen by the powers-that-be within the Democratic Party to become their 2028 nominee for president. 

The 2028 primary season will be mere kabuki theater. In much in the same way that Joe Biden was chosen in the spring of 2020, Newsom’s opponents will be paid actors whose job is to give the spring primaries the appearance of being competitive races for the Democratic Party nomination.

If he enters the Oval Office in January of 2029, Gavin Newsom will have three primary assignments. 

First, he will sign a series of executive orders which completely and totally reverse any and all decisions made by the Trump Administration while it was in office. The objective will be to quickly return the state of country to what it was in the summer of 2024.

Second, any and all personnel who were appointed, hired, or promoted by the Trump Administration at any level of the federal government’s bureaucracy in any department or agency will be quickly and ruthlessly fired. Or if not fired outright, demoted and reassigned.

Third, along with Donald Trump himself, all of his cabinet members and political appointees will be charged with some number of crimes by Newsom’s DOJ and will become the victims of a series of Moscow show trials held in the District of Columbia. Other trials of Trump administration officials stemming from state charges will be held in places like Minneapolis. 

As it concerns energy, wind and solar backed by batteries will once again become highly favored as the Net Zero replacement for reliable baseload power generation. Biden’s anti-carbon Net Zero policies will return with a vengeance and possibly even be expanded upon.

Yes, this is a rather grim possibility for America’s political and energy future. But it is also a possibility which has every chance of happening.

Reply to  Beta Blocker
April 11, 2026 10:22 am

I think this scenario would happen with any Democrat elected president.

Let’s fervently hope the American people don’t vote for Democrats. They are Bad News for the country.

We have to get out of this cycle where Democrats get power and screw things up royally and then Republicans get elected and have to repair the damage done by Democrats. This cycle happens every time political power switches parties. Trump has spent most of his second term so far correcting the mistakes the Biden administration made. Trump has had to rebuild the military both times he took office because the Democrats neglected the military.

Radical Democrats are not fit to govern this country. And that includes most of them. Don’t vote for them if you value your personal freedoms and your country.

John Hultquist
April 11, 2026 9:42 am

I just read (skimmed) the statement about this “First International Conference ….”. It seems the shindig will be in a coal export city and co-hosted by Columbia and The Netherlands.
I’m stumped. Nothing useful will or can be accomplished. Someone (85 nations) must be expecting to benefit. Who? How?

Bruce Cobb
April 11, 2026 12:19 pm

They misspelled “Stupidpower”.

Edward Katz
April 11, 2026 1:47 pm

This is just another example of the Climate Change Crowd’s wishful thinking and deserves no more credibility until it actually occurs which is likely to be never unless some groundbreaking technological breakthroughs happen. No one should hold his breath.

April 11, 2026 3:58 pm

Poor old Grauniad can’t even get the sums right. If California’s GDP is added to the coalition of dreamers then it must be subtracted from the USA’s GDP. Hence China+USA-California= $45T

trafamadore
April 11, 2026 4:22 pm

Meanwhile, Spain has no problem with the energy crisis, because of their solar and wind.
Prices have gone down from 2018 to now and they are not going up. Tsk tsk.

Reply to  trafamadore
April 11, 2026 7:20 pm

“Spain has no problem with the energy crisis”

Except when they had a whole country blackout a last year.. 😉

BTW, last data available shows OIL and GAS provided 64% of Spain’s energy..

Wind and solar only 18%. Oil and gas provide about 3.6 times wind and solar

Spains-energy
trafamadore
Reply to  trafamadore
April 11, 2026 9:22 pm

You need to update your stuff, bnicey.

2025 Generation Breakdown
According to Ember and the International Energy Agency (IEA), the individual shares for wind and solar were:
Wind Power: 23.3% of total electricity. It remains Spain’s largest single source of clean electricity.
Solar Power (PV): 18.4% to 19% of total electricity. 
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Key Capacity & Milestones
Installed Capacity: By early 2026, Spain’s solar capacity surpassed 50 GW. Solar PV recently overtook wind to become the technology with the highest installed capacity in the country.
Renewable Records: On April 16, 2025, Spain achieved a historic milestone where wind, solar, and hydro met 100% of the national electricity demand on a weekday. During this peak, wind provided 45.8% and solar 27%.
2030 Targets: The Spanish government aims for renewables to provide 81% of total electricity generation by 2030. 
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Reply to  trafamadore
April 11, 2026 11:06 pm

Wind energy is NOT REMOTELY CLEAN.

Over its whole life cycle, it is one of the most environmentally destructive forms of electricity there is.

From manufacturing of Neodymium magnets which lead to vast toxic lake in Chine, to massive environmental damage during installation, to wildlife devastation in use, to massive amounts of useless landfill at the end of their short erratic life.

And you said ENERGY.. Spain has no problem with the energy crisis”

Then changed to just electricity which is a small part of energy use, and just because data proved you wrong !.

And try not to forget that WHOLE OF SPAIN BLACKOUT just last year.!

Reply to  trafamadore
April 11, 2026 11:10 pm

“Oil Use in Spain 2025

In 2025, Spain’s oil consumption is projected to remain high, with the country consuming approximately 1,322,492 barrels per day.
This figure reflects Spain’s reliance on oil as a primary energy source, with the country’s economy heavily dependent on oil imports to meet its energy needs.
The oil consumption rate has been consistent, with a slight increase reported in December 2024, indicating a stable demand for oil in Spain.”

Without FOSSIL FUELS, Spain would be stuffed !!

Bob
April 11, 2026 4:51 pm

First off I’d like to see a list of the 85 nations. Second this is good news as soon as they agree the rest of the world should jump in and help them. All imports of coal, oil or gas should be banned for these nations. There are plenty of fossil fuel poor nations that would love to buy the products these knuckledraggers are turning away. I give this experiment about two weeks to fail then maybe we can put this nonsense behind us.

April 11, 2026 7:44 pm

ROFLMAO! More gaslighting from the green blob.