zhongguo Net zero is an ambitious plan for the rapid decarbonization of most sectors of the world’s economies before set deadlines in the coming future. These plans are multi-faceted with transportation, electricity generation, and industry forming the immediate focus of policymakers. Indeed, the US Congress just passed the Inflation Reduction Act, setting the stage for one of the most significant climate-focused bills when it is signed into law. The bill allocates $370 billion over 10 years to decarbonization initiatives that are set to further supercharge the rollout of renewable energy in the United States. The rationale for the bill that now aims to forever shift the makeup of the American energy system away from fossil fuels and to solar and wind is that anthropogenic climate change is real and the US has to contribute to the global effort to restrict the rise in mean global…