With the rather insignificant contribution of renewable energy to global supply serving as the backdrop to his criticism, the top executive of Saudi Aramco, on this Monday, expressed forthright disdain towards the prevailing approach to energy transition. He tagged it an ill-founded miss. “In the real world, where actual energy is required by the masses…” [+1892 chars]
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