Why the War on Iran Is Accelerating the Shift to Renewables and EVs

Why the War on Iran Is Accelerating the Shift to Renewables and EVs

April 17, 2026 · 16 min · Season 1 · Episode 271

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Tom Raftery discusses how the war on Iran is accelerating the transition to renewable energy and electric vehicles.

Get in touch - leave me a message What if fossil fuels aren’t energy security at all, but exposure dressed up as realism? This war is making that harder and harder to ignore. In this bonus episode of Climate Confident+, I unpack why the US and Israel’s war against Iran is forcing a faster rethink of fossil fuels, renewables, EVs, and electrification. This is a solo episode with me, Tom Raftery, and the stakes couldn’t be clearer: if your economy, business, or household still depends on fuels ...

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