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Covid is at the center of world\u2019s energy crunch, but a cascade of problems is fueling it<\/a><\/h3>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s like a car that\u2019s been taken off the road for a while and now we want to restart it quickly \u2014 it takes time,\u201d according to an expert.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n
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A man uses his smartphone flashlight to light up his bowl of noodles at a restaurant during a blackout in northeastern China.<\/span>Olivia Zhang \/ AP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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LONDON \u2014 Much of the world is suffering a punishing energy crisis.<\/p>\n

Homes and factories across\u00a0China\u00a0<\/a>are shrouded in darkness.\u00a0India\u2019s coal-fired power stations\u00a0<\/a>are running on scraps. Dozens of\u00a0British\u00a0<\/a>utilities firms have gone bust.\u00a0Spain announced emergency legislation after household utility bills shot up more than a third in one year. And there are fears that a harsh winter in the\u00a0United States\u00a0<\/a>could deliver Americans\u2019 most expensive heating costs in years.<\/p>\n

Energy shortages are sweeping the world even before winter\u2019s cruelest months freeze the Northern Hemisphere, and officials and experts point out that the multiple issues behind the crunch will make solutions harder to come by.<\/p>\n

This cocktail of causes is a mix of bad weather, China trying to kick its addiction to dirty coal and even allegations that\u00a0Russia is throttling the natural gas market\u00a0<\/a>for political gain. But most experts agree the central driving force has been the\u00a0Covid-19\u00a0<\/a>rebound. Stirring out of lockdowns, people are simply consuming energy faster than production can be rekindled after a year of idling.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like a car that\u2019s been taken off the road for a while and now we want to restart it quickly \u2014 it takes time,\u201d said Jianzhong Wu, a professor specializing in energy infrastructure at Wales\u2019 Cardiff University.<\/p>\n

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Covid is at the center of world\u2019s energy crunch, but a cascade of problems is fueling it \u201cIt\u2019s like a car that\u2019s been taken off the road for a while and now we want to restart it quickly \u2014 it takes time,\u201d according to an expert. A man uses his smartphone flashlight to light up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[31950,265,328,14796,1278,607,31091,3237],"class_list":["post-59840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy-2","tag-alexander-smith","tag-energy-crisis","tag-fossil-fuels","tag-nbc-news","tag-oil-industry","tag-pandemic","tag-supply-chain-disruptions","tag-supply-chains"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59840"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59841,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59840\/revisions\/59841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}