Middle East crisis exposes fact that Ireland is one of Europe’s most energy‑insecure countries

Fuel crisis due to war across the Middle East highlights some home truths about our dependency on oil and our need for sustainable renewable energy sources
Middle East crisis exposes fact that Ireland is one of Europe’s most energy‑insecure countries

Oil, the lubricant of the world economy and much more, is largely to be found in a region that is wholly unstable.

Whether it was God or evolution, whomever or whatever was responsible for making the world threw a spanner in the works. 

Oil, the lubricant of the world economy and much more, is largely to be found in a region that is wholly unstable.

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