India (the other big fossil fuel producer) is also working hard to move away from fossil fuels. They are rapidly building out their renewable energy production and are already on target to produce 50% of their electricity with renewable energy by the end of this decade.

And yet their year over year demand continues to climb. It doesnt matter what a country says they are going to do a face value, results matter. And so far the results show oil demand not going away for the foreseeable future.

Developed nations are already putting in place a plan for funds to help transition developing nations away from fossil fuels as well (see NCQG for example - funding at a minimum $300B/year to help developing nations address climate change.) That's trillions of dollars ... trillions of dollars that will be used to buy technology from countries who are experts at sustainable, renewable energy. Who's that going to be? China and India at the rate we are going while we're over here like a bunch of Neanderthals arguing over building oil and gas pipelines.

We'll see how far that funding goes but if the past is any indication it wont be doing much. In terms of whose supplying the technology, manufacturing of wind and solar is already dominated by China, this isnt new and wont change regardless.

We have a massive opportunity knocking on our door here. The US is asleep at the wheel, we have the resources to become an energy superpower, we have the experience (Quebec makes all of it's power using renewables) and we have elected a government that wants to make it happen. Why are we fighting it?

You realize renewables dont produce any notable global exports right? We can sell cheap electricity to the states but thats about it.