"This is the theory put forth by the Virginia Tech professor Cara Daggett, whose 2018 paper “Petro-Masculinity: Fossil Fuels and Authoritarian Desire” has become something of a cipher for political observers, eager to understand the Trump administration’s commitment to dirty energy even at the cost of the country’s competitive advantage (China, for instance, has surpassed the US in solar panel production at an alarming rate)."
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