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Jun 11, 2022Liked by Pandreco

Hehehehe. The Dilbert cartoon is spot on! As for reframing the narrative, how about blaming the Russia’s war in Ukraine for the high oil prices rather than the massive structural imbalances seeded during decades of efforts, perhaps well-intended, to swap the cheapest and most reliable supply of energy for intermittent, grid-expensive “clean” energy that only the well off can afford (“but, please subsidize it, of course”)?

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@fabiano this is worth a watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEyPUAxnjiI&t=273s

Qatar's Energy Minister Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi eloquently and politely explains to a bemused journalist that (a) oil and gas projects take a long time to execute, (b) we still need supply and (c) no its not due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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