Looks like the attack on Iran is also an indirect attack on energy transition technologies by reducing the availability of stuff like Sulphur, Aluminium, synthetic Graphite, …
In a strange and inept way trump is doing the world a favor. This will be the death of globalization and fossil fuels. There is just the small matter of famine, economic collapse, war and death to get through. The world will a better place on the other side, for those who survive.
There is a whole lot more going on that the main stream press is talking about. Do a search on “de-industializaion caused by hormuz closure”
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/04/beyond-oil-lng-commodities-impacted-closure-hormuz-strait/
Looks like the attack on Iran is also an indirect attack on energy transition technologies by reducing the availability of stuff like Sulphur, Aluminium, synthetic Graphite, …
If this was a calculated move to do some fossil fuel lobbyists a favor, then it once again shows this administrations incompetence. Governments already increased their efforts to transition away from fossil fuels as a reaction to the war. https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/war-spurs-eu-plan-electricity-tax-cuts-faster-shift-fossil-fuels-draft-shows-2026-04-14/
In a strange and inept way trump is doing the world a favor. This will be the death of globalization and fossil fuels. There is just the small matter of famine, economic collapse, war and death to get through. The world will a better place on the other side, for those who survive.