OPEC and Russia agree to slash oil output by 2M barrels a day
I'm sure he's happy though. He and his happy puppeteers can pitch the drive for overpriced garbage EVs to force upon people.
This is beyond daft, as it is so obviously false. Biden's administration has lost no time in expressing its severe displeasure at OPEC's action. I heard a US ambassador on the subject on the lunchtime news today and he was very clear about that.
To imagine Biden is "happy" because it helps drive up sales of EVs (of all things
) is a silly smear. We all know you have an irrational hatred of electric vehicles, but that's your personal problem. Maybe you should see someone about it.
What is happening is that MbS sees a chance to earn an extra profit and give Biden a bloody nose for accusing him of trampling on human rights. He and Putin have a shared interest in stopping the US from drawing attention to their atrocious behaviour.
I see this as a symptom of the eventual uncoupling of Western energy demand from the big fossil fuel exporters. They will want to maximise their income while they can, because they know it is coming to an end. The cosy days when Saudi Arabia was a close friend of the US, and supplied oil in exchange for weapons and favoured treatment, are almost over. MbS probably wants to go his own way in any case. He's trying hard to diversify the KSA economy away from just oil export, as are the other Gulf states.
The big take home message from both this and the Ukraine invasion is to get away from dependence on fossil fuel as fast as possible - which is a goal I see Biden is working hard towards. Of course the task is made harder by complacent morons who continue to look for any excuse for carrying on as if nothing has changed.