Six months after U.S. and Israeli strikes disrupted Iranian oil infrastructure and transformed the Strait of Hormuz into a contested naval corridor, the world finds itself absorbing a $330 billion shock to its energy economy — a sum equal to Finland's entire annual output. The pain, concentrated among nations that import fossil fuels but had no part in the conflict, has produced an unexpected consequence: the economic case for renewable energy has never been stronger. What cautious policy and moral argument could not fully achieve, the price of oil at $120 a barrel is now compelling by necessi