{"id":251735,"date":"2023-04-08T10:50:46","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T08:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=251735"},"modified":"2023-04-08T10:50:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T08:50:48","slug":"column-wake-up-west-a-new-energy-world-order-is-building-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=251735","title":{"rendered":"Column: Wake Up, West \u2013 a new energy world order is building, fast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"251739\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=251739\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/01a00FeBZLv3aMAIomUO.jpeg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"01a00FeBZLv3aMAIomUO\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/01a00FeBZLv3aMAIomUO.jpeg?fit=723%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/01a00FeBZLv3aMAIomUO.jpeg?resize=723%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-251739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/01a00FeBZLv3aMAIomUO.jpeg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/01a00FeBZLv3aMAIomUO.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/01a00FeBZLv3aMAIomUO.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/01a00FeBZLv3aMAIomUO.jpeg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/01a00FeBZLv3aMAIomUO.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/boereport.com\/2023\/04\/04\/column-wake-up-west-a-new-energy-world-order-is-building-fast\/\">BOE REPORT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/boereport.com\/author\/terry-etam\/\">Terry Etam<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here in the weird West, where we set aside our vast wealth, bountiful resources, technological prowess, best-in-history medical\/safety establishments, and other assorted existential victories to get into fistfights about whether more racism will eliminate racism and who can go to the bathroom where, we are used to watching ancient conflicts take place on the other side of the world, shaking our head, and wondering either \u201cWhy can\u2019t they all just get along\u201d or \u201cWell that\u2019s unacceptable, better step in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The weird west has long gotten involved in many of these conflicts because of, well, o-i-l. It\u2019s been that way since the 1950s, probably longer; the west\u2019s insatiable thirst for hydrocarbons has driven a lot of international shenanigans and weird relationships. Recall that after a gang of terrorists hijacked four planes and flew them into the US\u2019 most fundamental landmarks on home soil, and that more than half of those terrorists were from Saudi Arabia, the US promptly and expectedly retaliated \u2013 by invading two other countries, and going for tea with Saudi Arabia. Kind of transparent, that one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But that established hydrocarbon-based camaraderie is fading fast, and it doesn\u2019t look like the West has a game plan in response. That\u2019s about as far as I\u2019ll wade into geopolitics because the whole mess is grossly complicated (who hates who again this week?), other than to point out how rapidly things are changing and how that is impacting the energy world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a backbone or framework for this whole discussion, keep in mind that low gasoline prices are of paramount importance to US politicians. They trump everything. No matter what tub is being thumped or what policy is being terror-drilled into the minds of citizens (climate emergency, for example), it will be dropped like a hot potato if it means higher gasoline prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Consumers don\u2019t really care about big geopolitical things in their day-to-day life, and they aren\u2019t really scared by the weather (tornado alley excepted). But gasoline prices are on every huge sign in every town in every state; nothing else has its price shoved in your face so vehemently. And those consumers really get up in arms when gasoline prices get too high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To show how seriously politicians take this, the US half-drained the strategic petroleum reserve last year for the sole purpose of lowering domestic gasoline prices before an election.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The west has befriended some fairly dubious characters in the past to ensure access to big juicy oil fields (see 9\/11 example above). Much of the world order as we know it has been built around access to cheap energy. For the longest time, it was the US\u2019 might economic engine, the biggest by far in the world, that moved the big chess pieces around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">29dk2902lhttps:\/\/boereport.com\/29dk2902l.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everything went through the US \u2013 either through Washington, or through Wall Street. That\u2019s not necessarily a critique; that\u2019s what superpowers do.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But storm clouds are on the horizon for the existing superpower order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just this past weekend, OPEC \u2013 led by Saudi Arabia \u2013 announced another production cut in a bid to shore up oil prices. Now, on its own, this isn\u2019t a big deal; OPEC\/Saudis have been doing that for decades (both real cuts and sabre-rattling false charges). But this cut was a big deal \u2013 it was huge, possibly 1.6 million barrels per day (probably less, but still significant), and it was directly in the face of the US administration which wants to see more oil, and not less. Increased oil prices are like a new tax on everyone, a tax that hits poor people hardest, and politicians seldom want to be associated with that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not very long ago, the US government was admonishing producers to produce more, urging OPEC to open the taps, and then finally draining strategic reserves, all in effort to drive down gasoline prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few months into 2023, with oil prices far lower than last year, the US is supposed to be refilling the SPR, which would have had the effect of stabilizing oil prices in this range. But they won\u2019t do it, and Saudi Arabia + buddies said \u2018enough\u2019 and acted voluntarily in a move that seemed to surprise almost everyone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This isn\u2019t just oil market machinations; this is the tip of a very big iceberg. It is a new big kid on the block flexing its muscles. I\u2019m not referring to Saudi Arabia here, but a whole new context in which Saudi Arabia appears to be quite comfortable in going its own way. Here\u2019s why they are feeling that chipper.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The BRICS alliance \u2013 Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa \u2013 is apparently no longer willing to stand by and have someone else dictate how their world will go (so to speak). They are flexing their muscles, and bringing in other nations as well. The following countries have expressed an interest in joining BRICS \u2013 Iran, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Egypt, Bahrain and Indonesia, along with two nations from East Africa and one from West Africa, according to a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-02-15\/brics-debates-expansion-as-iran-saudi-arabia-seek-entry#xj4y7vzkg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bloomberg article<\/a>. There is talk that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mexicodailypost.com\/2023\/03\/07\/is-mexico-part-of-the-brics-nations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mexico wants to join<\/a>&nbsp;as well, which is quite the thunderbolt considering the leaky border it shares with the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The repercussions of this development are hard to understate. Consider Iran, historically viewed as a troublemaker here in the West, dubbed a member of the \u201cAxis of Evil\u201d by George W. Bush some 20 years ago. Iran has been (at least theoretically) shut out of global oil markets because of their tinkering with nuclear weapons and their animosity towards neighbours that have a lot of oil (more than Iran anyway, which is the equation that matters).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran has been sanctioned, yelled at, barred from oil markets, and viewed as a pariah. Even many in the neighbourhood can\u2019t stand them; per a 2019 BBC&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-42008809\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a>, Saudi Arabia and Iran are \u2018bitter rivals\u2019 fighting for regional control, and probably have been for a thousand years ever since someone forgot to take their boots off in somebody\u2019s house or something (history is not my strong suit).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are even riven by religion, and we all know how those spats turn out. Perhaps you prefer&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6262985\/china-saudi-arabia-iran-ukraine-peace-talks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Time magazine\u2019s<\/a>&nbsp;infinitely more eloquent take: \u201cIn the pantheon of intractable, visceral conflicts, the feud between Iran and Saudi Arabia sits below few: rooted in doctrine, enmeshed in history, and waged via proxies across the Middle East.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But holy crap look at what just happened. China has just&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6262985\/china-saudi-arabia-iran-ukraine-peace-talks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">brokered a peace deal<\/a>&nbsp;between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Well, maybe not a peace deal, that would be quite the accomplishment, but did manage to reestablish diplomatic ties, and has made incredible headway in healing that relationship, which seems even more bizarre than if Dr. Phil actually was to do that for once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It gets even more eye-opening: China has stepped into the Russian war to try to broker a peace deal with Ukraine, and reportedly both Putin and Zelenskyy welcomed the move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bizarrely, or maybe not, the US admin turned up its nose at both diplomatic coups; with respect to the Saudi-Iran deal, the Biden admin&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/03\/13\/china-middle-east-deal-00086888\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">downplayed<\/a>&nbsp;it as insignificant and preferred to talk about China\u2019s threat to the \u201crules-based international order.\u201d Is the \u201crules-based international order\u201d designed to keep conflicts going? And of course, the Russia-Ukraine talks were a nonstarter for the West, a point which I totally get since Ukraine wants its territory back, but that\u2019s beside the point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The point is that the axis of the world is shifting. Western Europe and the US no longer call all the shots; the old powers that spend a century or two civilizing and carving up the world to their satisfaction no longer may be in the driver\u2019s seat. A thousand books could be written on that topic, but here I am sticking to the energy aspect because, you know, this is the BOE Report, and not Chauncy Goodfeather\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Oxford Guide to the Management of Barbarians, Boors and Yokels<\/em>&nbsp;(don\u2019t bother Googling that), and besides that it is worth noting how the energy world is being shaken up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Actually, it might not be shaken up in a global sense as much as we\u2019d think, but here in the West we\u2019re going to get a good metaphorical whack on the side of the head. Cast your mind back to the list of countries either in BRICS or applying to join. In that group are billions of people, many of whom have insufficient power, nutrition, clean drinking water, etc. Even a significant number of Russians apparently&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/2019\/04\/02\/indoor-plumbing-still-a-pipe-dream-for-20-of-russian-households-reports-say-a65049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">don\u2019t have indoor toilets<\/a>, which maybe their leadership should have worried about that crappy situation rather than invading countries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And amongst that crowd, Iran is set to potentially join the club. A few billion people don\u2019t find them so evil, I guess. I\u2019m not defending that regime, just sayin\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For all these billions of BRICS people, energy security and availability are pretty high up on their list of priorities, in stark contrast to the West\u2019s obsession with reducing CO2 levels at absolutely any cost. It is the sheer quantity of energy available (or not available) that is a problem for the BRICS gang, which is one reason China is the world\u2019s leader in installing renewable energy but also is building new coal-fired power plants hand over fist. They need it all.&nbsp;India also builds a lot of solar, but relies on coal, and buys oil from Russia without a care in the world. Hungry mouths come first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here in the West, we generate research reports by credible institutions that point out that we don\u2019t have enough minerals and metals to perform the energy transition that we flamboyantly carve into law, and then we just shout \u201cWho cares\u201d and bring the net zero timelines even closer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We adopt grandiose plans to develop our own critical minerals supply chains, acting completely obliviously to the fact that segments of our very own citizenry will protest the bejeezus out of any new mine application, out of any new large infrastructure development, out of any new messy and environmentally unfriendly metals\/minerals processing industry that the Chinese currently have a lock on, and that we can\u2019t do a thing without.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the rest of the world where hundreds of millions would be ecstatic to have a refrigerator, their aspirations are somewhat more grounded and less insane.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That vast group, the one that is scrabbling for survival and sees a chance for a better future by joining BRICS, has a far different take on what their most pressing emergency is.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don\u2019t dismiss BRICS as the \u2018developing world\u2019 or any such label as we like to scribble on foreheads at our whim; the BRICS group, even without all the new recruits, has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.silkroadbriefing.com\/news\/2023\/03\/27\/the-brics-has-overtaken-the-g7-in-global-gdp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">surpassed the G7<\/a>&nbsp;in GDP. The founding BRICS group has a combined population of well over 3 billion, versus less than one billion for \u2018the west\u2019, which means a lot of consumers, a very big market, and a good chunk of the world\u2019s resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now that even the likes of the filthy rich Saudis are looking to join the BRICS party, it should be apparent to us over here in the West that maybe we have better things to worry about than that which is amplified by our preoccupation with our Victim of the Week Wailing Club.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/product\/1525540254?pf_rd_p=5a1aedcb-634e-416c-9e4d-99f483cdfe00&amp;pf_rd_r=X6CB55QG2PDW2XJABMZY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"288\" width=\"400\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/boereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/the-end-of-fossil-fuel-insanity-terry-etam-1024x736-1-400x288.jpg?resize=400%2C288&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-301892\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Energy dialogue should be exciting and positive \u2013 if you\u2019re going to wade into the current energy mess, might as well enjoy it. Pick up&nbsp; \u201cThe End of Fossil Fuel Insanity\u201d at&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/product\/1525540254?pf_rd_p=5a1aedcb-634e-416c-9e4d-99f483cdfe00&amp;pf_rd_r=X6CB55QG2PDW2XJABMZY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon.ca<\/a><em>,&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapters.indigo.ca\/en-ca\/books\/the-end-of-fossil-fuel\/9781525540257-item.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Indigo.ca<\/a><em>, or&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/End-Fossil-Fuel-Insanity-Clearing\/dp\/1525540254\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=terry+etam&amp;qid=1561606407&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon.com.<\/a><em>&nbsp;Thanks!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Read more insightful analysis from Terry Etam&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/publicenergynumberone.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here,<\/a>&nbsp;or email Terry&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:tetam462@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BRICS alliance \u2013 Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa \u2013 is apparently no longer willing to stand by and have someone else dictate how their world will go (so to speak). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":251739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818127,691818128,691818129],"class_list":{"0":"post-251735","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-brics","9":"tag-energy","10":"tag-zelinsky","12":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/01a00FeBZLv3aMAIomUO.jpeg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-13uf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":278495,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=278495","url_meta":{"origin":251735,"position":0},"title":"The BRICS and CO\u2082 are reshuffling the geopolitical deck","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"12\/09\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The BRICS+ and the Global South are therefore objective allies for economic growth and will therefore consume more energy. 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