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abark006 t1_j21bjre wrote

Reply to comment by 2012Aceman in Russians did such a good job promoting renewable energy and electric vehicles this year. by darth_nadoma

It’s going to be fun when he Saudi oil princes no longer have enough oil sales to keep living their lives and lose the favor of the west. I wonder what will happen when the United States no longer cares about those oil imports. Humm.

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20thcenturyboy_ t1_j21x3eh wrote

They all know what the future looks like, which is why you've seen such a push to make Dubai a tourist destination, and all the latest Saudi kings have tried building new cities with economies not centered on oil. Let's check back in a bit and see if they were able to get away with a transformation or if their autocratic societies will collapse as global warming makes the region entirely uninhabitable.

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Human_Anybody7743 t1_j225b5j wrote

They're also playing the colonialism and energy game pretty hard. "Investments" in hydrogen and renewable infrastructure all over the world (as well as at home).

Ammonia won't be as lucrative as oil and gas, but they still have some top tier energy resources, an easy market, and are working hard to position themselves to control and profit from potential competitors.

Hopefully the autocracy collapses anyway.

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