Mar. 15 at 6:07 PM
The most dramatic drop in fossil‑fuel intensity didn’t happen after the Paris Agreement — it happened in the decade following the 1973 Arab oil embargo.
The shock forced govts to overhaul energy systems, diversify supply, & invest in efficiency, b/c energy security—not climate policy—has historically been the strongest driver of structural change
Countries that rely heavily on imported energy inevitably will have to move away from fossil fuels, not b/c of ideology, but b/c dependence is a strategic liability
The pattern is consistent: when supply risk spikes, fossil‑fuel demand falls, efficiency rises, & alternatives scale
Energy security pressure creates faster, deeper transitions than economic or environmental pressure alone
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