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The Debate © France 24
42:08
Issued on: 22/04/2026 - 20:10
From the show
Will the world have enough fuel to fill the tank and fertilize the crops? The seizure of ships by Iran adding to global jitters as the extension of a ceasefire offers zero visibility on prospects for the planet’s biggest choke point for oil and gas. Nearly two months on, the Paris-based International Energy Agency is calling it the biggest-ever energy disruption in history. We’ll ask about prices at the pump, cancelled flights, and…more broadly, if oil's not flowing through the Strait of Hormuz, where to find it and what’s the alternative?
Cue images of the French president who staged his Wednesday cabinet meeting in the central Allier region where Emmanuel Macron also inaugurated a large lithium mine. How fast can the energy transition make up for lost oil? How much of a bind for Europe when harmony among the 27 rests on Russian oil flowing to eastern members through the Druzhba pipeline and when China’s dominance of the battery and electric vehicle markets makes it hard, very hard to compete.
Produced by François Picard, Rebecca Gnignati, Juliette Laffont, Ilayda Habip, Andrew Hilliar.
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