A BBC InDepth article by climate editor Justin Rowlatt says the US bet on fossil fuels and China's bet on renewable technology have made energy policy a superpower contest, leaving the UK squeezed between an American president's push for oil and gas and its reluctance to depend on Chinese turbines, panels and batteries. With gas prices soaring after strikes closed the Strait of Hormuz, suppliers forecast UK bills could jump by around £460 a year in January as ministers weigh approving the Rosebank oil field.