Its not just about patents. China also actually makes a shit-ton of batteries, EVs, solar panels, and wind turbines.

I don’t care if China “steals” a patent from some giant corporation that was just going to squat on it, and uses it to actually make a fuck-ton of renewable energy products.

China is very good at making massive quantities of product at an affordable price. If you actually care about renewables, let them make renewables.