00:00The Iran war is exposing something important about fossil fuels. They're not reliable.
00:04That's great news for clean energy. Yes, wars create chaos. Inflation rises,
00:09borrowing costs go up, supply chains cease. None of that is good for building wind or solar farms.
00:15But renewables also offer secure supply and stable prices, something the world desperately needs
00:20right now. The oil shocks of the 1970s didn't end our reliance on fossil fuels, but they did
00:25force countries to change. The US temporarily lost its taste for huge gas drizzlers.
00:31France built loads of nuclear reactors and Denmark backed wind.
00:36And when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, causing severe volatility in the gas markets,
00:41governments started investing more in renewables and electrification. And this time,
00:46a green revolution was already well underway by the time the war broke out.
00:50In 2025, renewables overtook coal globally in terms of electricity production.
00:56Clean power also met all of the growth in energy demand. And the reason is simple, economics.
01:01In Pakistan, people are turning to rooftop solar because it's cheaper and more reliable than the
01:07grid. While in Europe, countries with more renewables and are better insulated from price
01:12shocks. That's not ideology, that's reality. There's now a broad recognition, both politically
01:17and publicly, that relying on fossil fuels means signing up for repeated crises.
01:22Who wants to suffer through high inflation every four years? That's why governments are accelerating
01:27the move towards renewables rather than retreating. Because every energy shock reinforces the same
01:32conclusion. Fossil fuels are the vulnerability.
01:35Fossil fuels are the vulnerability.
01:35Fossil fuels are the vulnerability.
01:35Fossil fuels are the vulnerability.
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