Vladimir Putin, green accelerant

Written By Peter Allan

By Chris Hatch

Vladimir Putin has made all kinds of catastrophic miscalculations invading Ukraine. He certainly didn’t expect that weaponizing energy would backfire, accelerating the transition off fossil fuels, but it’s happening.

You might hope political leaders would have the wisdom to see that fossil fuels are the common thread — a driving force behind war, inflation, economic crises, climate change and global security threats. For many years, you’d have been disappointed. Too few made the connection, even fewer mounted real action.

But the world’s first global energy crisis may turn out differently. Past “energy” crises have really been about oil. And, although they prompted some important innovations, their overall result has been more fossil fuels, from more sources.

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