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"Renewable energy: What does it mean for oil-dominated Middle East?" | Analysis
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"There is arguably more oil than can ever to be utilised. Yet it is no longer peak oil that is being forecast, but that demand for oil is peaking. This could be bad news for oil-export dependent countries" middleeasteye.net/news/renewable… Image
"For the wealthier Gulf countries, dwindling oil revenues will tighten budgets and may affect the social contract between citizens and monarchies, which have used petrodollars to maintain stability" middleeasteye.net/news/renewable… Image
The Middle East holds 48.1% of the world’s oil reserves, which the Gulf Cooperation Council countries account for 29% middleeasteye.net/news/renewable… Image
"The big question is whether the economic ramifications of the Covid-19 pandemic will accelerate global moves away from fossil fuels or if the transition will be delayed as funds are diverted to prop up ailing economies" middleeasteye.net/news/renewable…

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