If there is a call to action in this moment, it isn’t just “oppose the war,” though that matters. It’s to break the cycle that makes wars over oil feel inevitable in the first place. That means refusing to let oil executives write our foreign policy, insisting on transparency about who profits from these choices, and accelerating a transition to energy that doesn’t require extraction, occupation, or sacrifice zones.
Stopping oil profiteering and building clean energy aren’t separate fights. They are the same one. And the sooner we treat them that way, the better off we’ll be.
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We pay the price.
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In 2024 Trump campaigned on a promise to cut gas prices in half. Instead, he started a war that sent crude past $110 a barrel.
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At current prices, the average American family will pay over $900 more for gasoline this year compared to pre-war prices.
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If the conflict continues through spring and summer, analysts warn the national average could hit $4.50 and above $6.00 in states like California.
We’re told fossil fuels guarantee “energy independence.” In reality, they bind us to fragile supply chains, petro-states, and permanent geopolitical tension.
Big Oil profits, they should pay a tax.
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When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, fossil fuel companies made record profits. The wealthiest 1% of Americans reaped the benefits. Everyone else got stuck with the inflation.
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Researchers calculated that if the U.S. had redistributed the portion of fossil fuel profits that exceeded 2021 returns, every American household could have received $1,715.
They paid Trump to profit.
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American Petroleum Institute said U.S. oil companies were prepared to be a “stabilizing force” in Iran if the regime fell.
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Michael Sabel, CEO of Venture Global LNG — who donated $1 million to his inauguration — immediately began talking about how many available cargoes his company has to fill supply gaps.
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Cheniere Energy’s stock jumped 5.5% the day after Iranian drone strikes hit Qatar’s gas facilities. Its CEO donated $250,000 to a Trump PAC.
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If oil stays at the center of global politics, there will always be another excuse, another emergency, another country offered up as collateral.
No war for oil.
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Solar panels don’t pass through the Strait of Hormuz, wind farms don’t depend on tanker insurance markets in the Persian Gulf, and a battery connected to a local microgrid isn’t waiting on a naval escort.
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Trump has canceled or blocked more than 22 gigawatts of utility-scale wind and solar on public lands, equaling enough to power 16.5 million homes.
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The solution is building energy close to home — power that lowers costs, creates jobs, can’t be embargoed, and doesn’t require a fleet in the Persian Gulf to protect it.
