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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lloyd Doggett and Michael Shank

The Iran war reminds us: we’ll never be energy-independent with fossil fuels

gas station showing prices over $6 a gallon
‘No country will be energy-secure or independent as long as its fuel supply remains finite and fossilized.’ Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Donald Trump’s unjustified war on Iran and the resulting global fuel crisis is a continuing reminder that true energy security and independence will continue to elude us so long as we remain dependent on fossil fuels.

Whether it’s wars over oil and gas resource access or attacks on fossil fuel power plants and energy grids, this reliance on finite resources only worsens a country’s threat profile. News this month of Russia’s deadly attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, Russian drones swarming Ukrainian power stations and Kyiv running out of time to prepare for another winter of attacks on its energy grid illustrates this urgency.

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