Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva considered that the front oil proposed by the presidential candidate of the Historical Pact, Gustavo Petrounfeasible both for Brazil and for the world.
Petro, who is leading the polls ahead of Colombia’s presidential elections on May 29, called on the ideological allies of Latin America to form a new bloc to put an end to fossil fuels, an idea that Lula described as “unreal” in an interview published this Wednesday by the American magazine Timeof which it is the cover.
“Petro has the right to make all the proposals that he considers he has to make. But in the case of Brazil it is unreal. In the case of the world it is unreal. Oil is still needed for a whileLula pointed out.
The leader of the Workers’ Party, who will also aspire to the Presidency in the October elections, ruled out that Brazil might stop exploring oil fields and affirmed that his country will continue extracting crude as long as there is no other alternative.
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“As long as there is no alternative energy, the energy that exists will be used. That works for Brazil and for the world”, he stressed.
The former union leader, who leads the voting intention polls once morest President Jair Bolsonaro, He gave the example of Germany and its energy dependence on Russia following the closure of nuclear power plants.
Former Chancellor “Angela Merkel made the decision to close all nuclear power plants, but she did not count on the war in Ukraine. Europe nowadays depends a lot on the Russians to be able to have energy”, she underlined.
In that sense, Lula pointed out that it is possible to establish a “long-term plan” to reduce oil consumption as other alternatives are created.
“We cannot imagine that the United States is going to stop using oil overnight, or any country“, accurate.