Net Zero advocates often overlook that 6,000 products, including tools and equipment necessary for their "green" initiatives, are derived from crude oil. It’s time to acknowledge the importance of oil.

Policymakers worldwide seem oblivious that while electricity generation follows oil in the energy hierarchy, renewable sources only provide unreliable electricity, not the products and fuels essential for supporting the global population.

Petrochemicals sourced from crude oil, coal, or natural gas are crucial for manufacturing everything that requires electricity. This includes food production, utilities, manufacturing, transportation, communication, and all electrical equipment.

The "green" agenda relies on hydrocarbons. Electric vehicles (EVs), solar panels, and wind turbines are produced using tools, components, and equipment derived from crude oil derivatives.

Eliminating crude oil would result in the loss of electricity and more than 6,000 products vital for hospitals, airports, communications, and the overall needs of the 8 billion people living on this planet.

Due to oil, the ruling class in wealthy countries remains unaware that the planet's population has grown from 1 billion to 8 billion over the last 200 years.

Lifestyles before the 1800s were drastically different, as the world did not possess any of the following infrastructures, all of which are made from products and components derived from crude oil:

Additionally, all of these infrastructures require electricity, which is also based on wires, insulation, and other components made from oil derivatives.

Today, more than 50,000 merchant ships, over 20,000 commercial aircraft, and more than 50,000 military aircraft run on crude oil-based fuels. These fuels are essential for powering the heavy-duty, long-range needs of jets transporting people and goods and merchant ships vital for global trade and military and space programs.

Despite having over 200 years to develop alternatives to oil to support the supply chain for the products society demands, we have been largely unsuccessful.

Likely, around 80% of the 8 billion people living on less than $10 per day aspire to enjoy the materialistic lifestyles of those in wealthier, developed countries.

Wealthier countries currently possess all of the necessary infrastructure and enjoy greater longevity than 80% of the people living on the planet. However, Net Zero policymakers worldwide seem unaware that electricity came after oil, and their materialistic lifestyles are oil-dependent!

However, current pledges for Net Zero and decarbonisation are plentiful:

Shockingly, the worldwide Net Zero policies aimed at eliminating fossil fuel use could lead to a loss of electricity and over 6,000 products that support the 8 billion people on this planet. This would also ground all transportation reliant on fuels derived from crude oil.

A significant and growing gap exists between these global decarbonisation pledges and the ever-increasing demand for hydrocarbon-based products and fuels.

According to the International Energy Agency’s Global Energy Review, hydrocarbons' growth surpassed that of renewables last year. The report indicates that oil, natural gas, and coal provide more than five times as much primary electricity to the global economy as renewable energy sources.

The IEA reports that oil and natural gas consumption continues to rise. While oil and gas are crucial fuels, coal remains dominant in the global climate narrative. Last year, an increase in global coal use and higher power generation from coal plants was seen. The IEA’s findings show that the rising use of coal and electricity demand in China (population: 1.4 billion) and India (population: 1.4 billion) are overwhelming the climate policies and decarbonisation efforts of the US, Canada, Europe, Japan, and South Korea.

Before the decarbonisation pledges take effect and significantly reduce the availability of products and fuels derived from oil, which are critical for supporting humanity, all of the world’s Net Zero plans must be revised. These plans need to identify alternatives to fossil fuels that can meet the growing material demands and increasing transportation fuel needs of the 8 billion people on Earth.