It's hard to say we had been thinking about this sort of problem. The traditional supply disruption you think about is a political one, like the 1973-1974 embargo. Here, you had a situation where a local refining problem could become a global one.
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There needs to be a better assessment of what the vulnerabilities are and what constitutes vulnerability.
The good news is that China, India and Indonesia don't much like pollution either... but they've got to deal with the politics of energy development and pricing.
It's not an easy topic because it gets at some fairly delicate issues. The source of some of the smuggling, who's involved, means it is probably not that easy a topic to tackle.
Russia has done some serious damage to its otherwise-good reputation for security of supply. Europe is going to have to take a hard look at their exposure and whether there's a way to fix that.
This quote is just one of 9 total William Ramsay quotes in our collection. William Ramsay is known for saying 'It's hard to say we had been thinking about this sort of problem. The traditional supply disruption you think about is a political one, like the 1973-1974 embargo. Here, you had a situation where a local refining problem could become a global one.' as well as some of the following quotes.