India, April 8 -- The disastrous US-Israel war against Iran has disrupted energy supply across the world. Governments in both rich and poor countries are warning their people of dire times ahead, unlike anything seen before by this generation: acute energy scarcity, rationing and even the prospect of cars and aeroplanes running out of fuel. The question is what will the future energy map look like?

As I ask this, I would request you to not make light of the assassinations, the thousands of lives lost and the senseless destruction that we witness so clearly as we scroll through our screens. Let us also not make light of the real pain that this energy disruption has brought to our world. Many countries are facing shortages of cooking fuel,...