But the fruits of the Saudis’ research and development in this sector will inform technological progress in other nations as well.“Maybe the net-zero carbon equation might not be reached,” Taylor says. But at the same time, Taylor saw a nation striving to become a global leader in renewable energy technologies.Some of that investment is intended to offset emissions associated with continued oil production.
The kingdom isn’t giving up its hold of the global oil market – far from it. “It was just kind of hard to believe.”Some of what he found confirmed his skepticism. Today’s lead story almost didn’t happen.When Taylor Luck, the Monitor’s Middle East reporter, heard that Saudi Arabia was attempting to “go green,” he was intrigued – but dubious.As the world’s second-largest producer of oil, Saudi Arabia is “often seen as the spoiler to progress on climate,” he says.
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