The Iran-Hormuz Crisis Proves the Old Answers Are Already Dead

The instinct, when an energy system breaks, is to produce more of the fuel. Drill more. Ship more. Import more. Licence more acreage. Build more plants. Subsidise more supply. It is an instinct honed over a century - when the instinct worked.

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