Assaad Razzouk

2025 shows we are winning the war on carbon, much slower than we should have but still: From the solar explosion to the death of coal - here are the Top 10 Good News stories Big Oil doesn't want you to see Watch Ep 97 & subscribe for the blunt facts: youtu.be/Mb4bX6twU9Q?si…

Spain’s average electricity price is forecast at €66/ MWh, half Italy's. Why? ➡️Speedy rollout of renewables (now at 57%+ of electricity) put a lid on bills ➡️Nuclear at 20% of electricity helps ➡️Gas sets the price of electricity just 15% of the time (89% in Italy) While the rest of Europe grapples with extreme gas volatility from fossil fuel wars, Spain is proving that renewables are a massive competitive advantage ft.com/content/19f2ee…

The moment Israel targeted British journalist Steve Sweeney in southern Lebanon.

Regardless of what happens in Europe and the U.S., the world is moving to EVs. There is nothing that western automakers can do to reverse this trend, and geopolitical risk in oil will only accelerate it. Either get good at EVs, or wither away.

Emerging Asia is sprinting toward electric independence to crush fossil fuel fragility. Fossil fuel wars will only accelerate this trend ➡️Viet Nam: 38% EV sales share, ahead of EU ➡️Singapore: Leading the charge at 50%+ share ➡️Indonesia: 15% share, more than US ➡️Thailand: 21% share, leaving Japan (at 3%) in the rearview mirror ➡️India: Three-wheelers at 57% share, EVs rising rapidly and at 4%, already ahead of Japan ➡️China: Already banking $28b/year in avoided oil imports The era of being held hostage by oil chokepoints is coming to an end in multiple Asian countries, fast ember-energy.org/latest-insight…

I am a US citizen & Surgeon who took care of the Boston Maraton Bombing victims in 2013. I paid for 7 years to own a small apartment in downtown #Beirut for my 3 kids to enjoy summers there. Today, #Israel reduced my dream home to rubble, with american weapons, paid by my taxes.

Israel is preparing to deploy the “Gaza model” in Lebanon in plain sight — mass ethnic cleansing, annihilation of entire cities and villages, long-term occupation, and perhaps eventually Israeli settlements and annexation. My latest in the Guardian. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Everywhere they go, large scale destruction and human suffering follows.

The fossil fuel era is an abusive, dirty and expensive system of renting energy through endless, risky imports Clean energy is about owning it For Asia, this is the ultimate opportunity to convert fossil fragility into electric independence Source: ember-energy.org/latest-insight…

The leaders are moving decisively ➡️Vietnam: EV sales at 38% in 2025, higher than EU average ➡️Indonesia: 15% EV sales, overtaking the US ➡️China: Banking $28b/year in savings from its current EV fleet alone 6/7

One has to be out of their mind to buy a petrol car - or bus, or scooter, or heater - today if they're even remotely cognizant of the reality around them ➡️New @EmberClimate report shows 75% of the world is currently held hostage by fossil fuel imports, bleeding $1.7 trillion in 2024 alone THREAD

At a time when everyone suddenly claims to be a geopolitical analyst, it is refreshing to listen to voices that focus on the deeper forces shaping our world. In this excellent episode of his podcast “ The Angry Clean Energy Guy” (episode number 100), my friend @AssaadRazzouk reminds us that behind wars, crises, and global instability lies a structural issue we rarely confront honestly: our dependence on fossil fuels. Beyond the daily noise of predictions, a major superficial commentary and the unlimited clashes of hatred, this episode forces us to step back and look at the bigger picture: energy, sovereignty, and the future we are building. If you want a perspective that goes beyond the headlines, take the time to listen. podcasts.apple.com/lb/podcast/the…

And there you have it: Just 2 weeks later, a $63b payday for the few; a planetary disaster for the rest of us. The sun doesn't send a bill, but Big Oil certainly does - and countries pay for it with their sovereignty More on Ep 100 of the Angry Clean Energy Guy podcast, out now Listen: theangrycleanenergyguy.com/podcast/episod… Watch: youtu.be/bYeSrjXg2JM

Episode 100 of the Angry Clean Energy Guy is live, and it’s a particularly angry one 14 days into yet another fossil fuel war, the lesson is clear: If your country relies on fossil fuels, you aren’t sovereign, you’re a hostage. It is time to accelerate renewables, the only path to true sovereignty The sun does not send a bill and the wind does not charge for delivery Listen: theangrycleanenergyguy.com/podcast/episod… Watch: youtu.be/bYeSrjXg2JM

When it’s ONE MILLION PEOPLE, you might want to say who displaced them @AP.

@Operadata We will still need to use some fossil fuels. but 90% less.

@AssaadRazzouk Thanks as always, particularly as will be a busy week for you :) The missing bit of the jigsaw for me is where current 'by-products' of fossil fuel processing will come from in a 100% renewables scenario (noble gases, fertilizer etc). Brief question.. hugely complex answer?

Renewables are the only exit strategy: Day 12 (updated) impact of the Israel and US attack, tracking Force Majeure, surcharges, and the explosive inflation behind the headlines FORCE MAJEURE IMPLICATIONS >Shell: FM on all LNG cargoes from Qatar >QatarEnergy: Pretty much totally down, declared FM on all LNG >Kuwait Petroleum Corp: declared FM on all crude and naphtha exports >Oman's OQ: Declared FM on LNG deliveries >Bahrain's Bapco: Declared FM on all refined products >Singapore's Aster Chemicals & PCS: Declared FM on ethylene and propylene >China's Wanhua Chemical: Declared FM due to no raw materials >South Korea's Yeocheon NCC, the country's largest ethylene producer, declared FM - facing a critical shortage of naphtha >Japan's Daito Medical Gas, primary supplier of high-purity gases for the semiconductor industry reported its Neon and Krypton reserves effectively dried up (see below) >South Korea's SK Innovation issued a "Level 3 Crisis Alert" for its refining division SELECTED COUNTRY IMPACTS 1 INDIA >Tariffs in western manufacturing hubs up 20% >Fuel Surcharge by Air India of 18% 2 UK >Fuel: Petrol up 4.2%, Diesel up 6.5% >Fuel Surcharge by BA of 12% to 15% ticket price rise 3 UKRAINE >Energy: 30% power deficit >Electricity import costs from EU up 20% >Fuel Surcharge: Ground logistics premiums up 25% 4 PAKISTAN >Fuel: Jet fuel prices up 81% >Pump prices up 12% >Fuel Surcharge by PIA and others of 15% to 30% ticket price rise 5 BANGLADESH >5 out of 6 major fertilizer plants shut (83% capacity loss) >Industrial power cuts up 40% >Fuel Surcharge by Biman of 15% 6 USA >National gasoline average up 20% >Fuel Surcharges of 10% ticket price rise 7 SOUTH KOREA >Fuel cap in place for the 1st time in 3 decades 8 JAPAN >Began tapping into strategic reserves 9 HONG KONG >Fuel surcharges up by 35.2% today 10 SINGAPORE >Electricity prices projected to rise 15% to 20% next quarter 11 THAILAND >Government spending 1b baht/day to cap diesel >Fuel Surcharge by Thai Airways of 10% to 15% 12 VIETNAM >Retail petrol UP 50% >Fuel surcharge by Vietnam Airlines of 20% 13 CAMBODIA >Petrol prices up 19% in last 72 hours 14 LAOS >Petrol prices up 33% CRITICAL COMMODITY WATCHLIST >Helium: Qatar provides 40% of world supply. MRI machines and semiconductor manufacturing face a "dry-up" by April. USA particularly exposed >Urea (Fertilizer): 45% of global urea transits Hormuz. Prices are up 35% this week; Brazil and India most exposed >Sulfur: Half of the global seaborne trade currently trapped >The "Noble Gases" Neon and Krypton: Supply chains for high-end chips showing serious alerts. Taiwan is critically exposed, South Korea and the USA are very exposed And so on. That's almost 5 Billion people affected, so far. And we're only on Day 12. In short, if your energy depends on fossil fuels you aren’t a sovereign country; you’re a hostage Renewables are the only exit strategy. There isn't another one. Get on with it!