"The catastrophe of the Iran war and the homegrown chaos of this week has once again laid bare the urgent need to reduce our vulnerability to the never-ending cycle of energy shocks."
"Imagine a small country that produces no oil. And in the middle of a global oil crisis, its own citizens end up turning away ships loaded with fuel, only for it to be delivered somewhere else."
The ongoing Iran war and recent domestic turmoil have exposed the critical necessity for countries to mitigate their susceptibility to energy crises. A striking example is Ireland, a nation without oil production, which faced a situation where citizens rejected fuel shipments during a global oil crisis. This scenario underscores the absurdity and challenges faced by countries reliant on external energy sources amid geopolitical instability.
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