世界能源理事會(WEC)：世界正在見證第一次真正的全球能源沖擊   

對全球低端收入群體而言，精制石油產品價格增速之快望塵莫及

生活成本高企已經成為全球個別最發達國家面臨的首要問題

據美國油價網5月20日報道，世界能源理事會（WEC）總干事兼首席執行官安吉拉·威爾金森近日在接受媒體記者采訪時表示，世界正在經歷歷史上第一次真正全球能源危機，預計這場危機將對能源消費產生蝶變效應。

威爾金森告訴CNBC記者：“我認為這是第一次真正的全球能源危機，這與上世紀70年代的石油危機不同。 這是一場由消費者驅動的危機，由此產生的消費者驅動調整將非常重要。”  

這位WEC高管還表示：“如果你看看世界許多地區精制石油產品的價格，你就會發現，許多低端收入群體中的半數消費者現在都買不起精制石油產品。”“我們將被迫見證某種形式的大規模資金重新配置從這場危機中顯現出來。消費者真的、真的受到了傷害。”

事實上，生活成本高企已經成為世界上一些最富有國家的首要問題。 在英國，由于天然氣價格上漲，數百萬人陷入了能源匱乏的境地，這促使電力價格進行了不斷攀升。 

在英吉利海峽對岸，歐盟(EU)也在努力維持能源價格的可承受性，同時對原油生產大國進行制裁，最終導致能源價格大幅上漲。  

在美國，汽油和柴油價格正處于歷史最高水平，立法者正試圖通過一項法案來阻止這種上漲趨勢，這個法案旨在防止燃料零售商的價格欺詐行為。

美國和英國的通脹率都保持在40年來的最高水平，歐盟也好不到哪里去。在發展中國家，通脹趨勢也很強勁。  

“最大的挑戰將是如何面對無力負擔高昂價格和如何保證能源公平的新形勢，”威爾金森如是對CNBC記者補充說， “這是一個很大的不確定性，需要政策創新，但也需要國際合作的新方法。”

李峻 編譯自 美國油價網

原文如下：

World Sees First Global Energy Shock: World Energy Council

·     World Energy Council: the world is witnessing the first truly global energy shock.

·     Refined products are quickly becoming unaffordable for many in the bottom half of societies.

·     Cost-of-living crisis has become a top issue for some of the wealthiest nations in the world.

The world is experiencing the first global energy shock in its history, the secretary-general of the World Energy Council said this week, expecting the crisis will have a transformational effect on energy consumption.

“I think this is a first global energy shock, this isn’t the same as the 1970s crisis, oil shock crisis. This is a … consumer driven crisis and the consumer-driven adjustments that are going to come out of this are going to be very significant,” Angela Wilkinson told CNBC.

“If you look at the price of … refined products in many parts of the world, they’re now unaffordable for many of the bottom half of societies,” the official also said. “We’re going to have to see some form of massive reallocation of … money coming out of … this crisis. Consumers are really, really hurting.”

Indeed, the cost-of-living crisis has become a top issue for some of the wealthiest nations in the world. In the UK, millions have been plunged into energy poverty by gas price inflation, which has prompted an upward adjustment of electricity prices.

Across the Channel, the EU is also struggling to keep energy affordable while punishing the exported the country with sanctions that ultimately make energy more expensive.

In the United States, gasoline and diesel prices are running at all-time highs, and legislators are trying to arrest this trend by approving a bill that seeks to prevent what its sponsors have dubbed price-gouging on the part of fuel retailers.

In both the U.S. and the UK, inflation remains at the highest in four decades, and it’s not a lot better in the EU. In the developing world, inflation trends are strong, too.

“The biggest challenge is going to be this new context of affordability and energy justice,” Wilkinson told CNBC. “It’s a big uncertainty and it’s going to require policy innovation but it’s also going to require a new approach to international cooperation.”