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Global turmoil proves urgency of energy independence

By Vijay Jayaraj

Published June 21, 2025 7:00am ET

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Global turmoil proves urgency of energy independence — A pumpjack operates in the foreground while a wind turbine at the Buckeye Wind Energy wind farm rises in the distance, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, near Hays, Kansas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

The world is on fire, and not in the way climate alarmists would have you believe.

For years, the governments of wealthy democracies sold the fantasy that wind turbines and solar panels could replace coal, oil, and natural gas. Now, with war in Eastern Europe, explosions in the Middle East, and the global oil market once again under stress, the mirage of “green abundance” has evaporated.

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