Crude has climbed back toward $110, but the bigger problem may be further down the supply chain. Tight diesel inventories, refinery disruptions and changing trade routes are forcing Western governments to balance energy security against sanctions, affordability and supply.
Full story : https://realnarrativenews.com/editorial/oil-110-diesel-shortage-western-energy-policy/
It’s almost like basing your entire energy economy on a limited resource is a bad idea? But no, that couldn’t be it.
Before trump we were doing ok on transitioning to wind and solar. Petroleum would have been ok for at least a few more decades if this republican administration hadn’t started yet another war in the middle east and tanked the economy. Like they always do, but this time accompanied by lots of brazen theft.
If you don’t count the climate change of it all, maybe. I’m pretty sure we’re supposed to be net zero by 2050.
It’s 2050 now? I remember it being 2030. With us passing 1.5 degrees already I feel like we’re locking in at least 3 degrees of warming by 2050.
yes, they keep pushing the date back when it becomes clear that we aren’t gonna make it.
https://media.springernature.com/original/springer-static/esm/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41558-026-02615-y/MediaObjects/41558_2026_2615_MOESM1_ESM.pdf
From the Paris agreement like 5 years ago, 2050 was a pretty popular year for net zero. The earlier the better though.
Thank you for the source and correction!