Iran war exposes energy divide...
#solar wins in #Pakistan and #LNG loses in #Bangladesh
Happening right now! Lesson for every single country who doesn't have its own #oil #gas - go HUGE on solar #wind #batteries #EV - best part, you can do that very quickly unlike #fossilfuels
"We take the world as it is" - #carney
So, let's export more #fossilfuels and burn more #lng for our power plants. Then, in 100 years or less, let's see how our descendents view that #philosophy
#cdnpoli #cdnpolitics #ai #artificialintelligence
https://thewalrus.ca/after-intense-lobbying-carney-allows-gas-powered-data-centres-in-alberta/
More North Sea drilling will put UK at mercy of fossil fuel markets, ministers say https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/24/north-sea-drilling-concerns-uk-fossil-fuel-markets-ed-miliband
#UnitedKingdom #UK #environment #mining #drilling #fossilfuel #fossilfuels
Ninety percent of Iran’s oil was exported to China, also the top customer of Saudi Arabian crude.
Mallika Sachdeva: "The world saves in dollars in large part because it pays in dollars".
“Damage to Gulf economies could encourage an unwind in their foreign asset savings held largely in dollars”.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-iran-could-be-catalyst-erosion-us-petrodollar-deutsche-bank-says @estelle
#petrochemicals #markets #oilAndGas #oil #Gulf #geopolitics #Asia #fossilFuels #USD #dollar #petrodollar #petroyuan #FX
You'd think four massive cost spikes* in 36 years would break our reliance on #FossilFuels
Humans aren't this stupid. It's the corrupting influence of petrodollars.
#EnergyIndependenceIsGreen
* four = 2 Gulf Wars, 1 Russian invasion of Ukraine, 1 Iran War
"Green energy boss backs more North Sea oil and gas production from existing sites"
We do need #cartoons and #cartoonists! In times of chaos like these, they can sum things up in a nutshell, whereas we journalists would have to write long articles to convey the same message: Rebecca Hendin for the @theguardian_world_news https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/mar/26/rebecca-hendin-donald-trumps-claim-to-be-pursuing-peace-with-iran
Tell the G7 to tax polluters profits now
The war in the Middle East is taking thousands of lives while also causing oil and gas prices to surge & #FossilFuel companies are cashing in while people struggle with rising bills
https://act.350.org/act/tax-polluters-now/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=windfalltax2026&source=em-20260327-windfall-uk-bsshare #climate #ClimateChange #FossilFuels #pollution