This is the thing that drives me nuts about people in my country (USA). Especially the conservatives, those who buy the "America First" line and think we should be more isolationist. Embracing alternative (which usually ends up being renewable) energy sources seems like a no-brainer to reduce our dependence on the Saudis et al. Oil has given that region ridiculous amounts of geopolitical power.
But I guess "green energy" is a "dirty librull" thing, so they can't get behind it even if it would dovetail with their foreign policy platform in other ways.
* Saudi Arabia has consistently rebuffed Biden's calls to pump more oil [1]. Even after releasing oil from our strategic reserves, oil futures have jumped over 10% in a single day [2]. As discussed in the article, high prices only aid the Russian kleptocracy.
* In an attempt to appease Saudi Arabia, the US added more sanctions on Yemen, undoubtedly worsening the humanitarian disaster there [3].
* Similarly, China is propping up the major Russian exports of Wheat [4] and natural gas [5]. Again, to our detriment, under the consideration that wheat futures went up today (8% I think?).
[1] - https://www.axios.com/biden-drill-oil-saudi-arabia-energy-co...
[2] - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-28/oil-stead...
[3] - https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/02/28/ukraine-russia-war-spil...
[4] - https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3168278/u...
[5] - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-28/gazprom-p...