‘God was on the side of the nation that had the oil.’ – Prof. Wakimura, Tokyo Imperial University.
Russia is one of the world’s largest producers of petroleum, natural gas, and coal.
In Europe, despite decades of taxes on hydrocarbons, subsidies for green energy and Net Zero plans, hydrocarbons still supply 70 per cent of EU energy.
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