The World’s Energy Crisis May Just be Starting
Cattle graze near wind turbines in Sarita, Texas. Wind power — a key source of electricity in Texas — is being sidelined just when it’s most needed because of low wind speeds.
Photographer: Eddie Seal/BloombergThe global energy crisis may be about to get worse — potentially much worse.
With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine lifting the cost of filling gas tanks, heating and cooling homes and powering industry across the globe, leaders are scrambling for ways to halt a spike in living costs that have sparked deadly protests from Africa to Sri Lanka.