The West Striving for a New Age of Energy

From the heads of the Western industrialized countries, like George Bush, to the numerous repeated statements made by presidents and ministers at the G8 summit to the current daily reports and news in Western media outlets, the same clear message is conveyed: hydrocarbon, mainly oil will be soon replaced by renewable and clean energy (hydrogen, wind, sun, atom).

Indeed, the world is unlikely to embrace such renewable energy in the foreseeable future. The road ahead is still long; many decades will slip by before this historical transformation takes hold and before oil is totally replaced in means of transport. But efforts are underway to change mentalities and incite the public to gradually accept this idea. Now, the political, economic, and media climate is being prepared for this historical leap.

It’s not by pure coincidence that countries seek to curb their dependence on oil after prices hit $70 a barrel. In the 70s too, prices soared, thus triggering calls for change in the industrialized countries.

But this time, things are so different.

Dar Al Hayat