International Energy Agency Director: Current energy crisis exceeds the sum of the past three, may face a "dark April"

Fatih Birol, the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, said that the current global energy crisis is "more severe than in 1973, 1979, and 2022 combined." He predicted that the crisis will accelerate the development of renewable energy, nuclear energy, and electric vehicles. In an interview published on the 7th in the French newspaper "Le Figaro", Birol believes that countries should "be as cautious as possible" in saving energy in the short term, as the global energy market may face a "black April". "If the strait remains closed throughout the entire month of April, the shortage of crude oil and refined oil will be more than twice that of March."