MOSCOW, October 9 – Novosti. The “environmental window dressing” of the United States and European countries causes laughter, writes The New York Times .
“In Europe , they pretended that they could get rid of massive emissions and directly jump to renewable energy, and everything would be in chocolate. Oh my God. The Germans were so proud of themselves, not realizing that the only reason why this blue dream of theirs seems feasible, that Putin was selling them cheap gas to make up the difference,” the observer noted.
The author of the publication called on Western countries to stop building castles in the air.
“The only really effective way to transition is to send a convincing price signal: either taxes on dirty energy or incentives for clean energy. Until we provide stable and reliable energy supplies with minimal emissions at minimal cost, all our words can safely be called window dressing. We indulge ourselves false virtue, while Putin and Mohammed ibn Salman laugh at us on the way to the bank,” the observer concluded.
After the start of the Russian special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine, the West stepped up sanctions pressure on Moscow, but this turned into problems for the US and Europe themselves, provoking record inflation and rising fuel prices. To stabilize the situation, US President Joe Biden visited the Middle East in July , including Saudi Arabia , one of the key members of the OPEC + deal, and also asked the Gulf countries to increase oil production and supplies.
This week, the OPEC+ countries agreed to cut production by two million barrels per day from November. The alliance explained this decision by uncertainties in the global economy and the oil market. Despite the energy crisis that has covered Europe, and rising energy prices in other regions, this step was supported by all participants in the deal.
