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Question 1 of 6What tension does the analysis explore? Question 2 of 6What justification do officials give for expanding oil capacity? Question 3 of 6What does the Stone Age proverb imply for oil producers? Question 4 of 6What does the image of the tiresome guest suggest about the world's attitude to oil? Question 5 of 6Why does the author call the officials' rhetoric "ambiguous"? Question 6 of 6What does the closing question imply about the energy transition? Vocabularyيُوَدِّعُsees off, bids farewell
الْخَامcrude oil
قِيَاسِيّrecord
إِزَاحَةremoval, displacement
عَرْشthrone
نُضُوبdepletion, running dry
بِسَخَاءgenerously
مُلْتَبِسambiguous
انْبِعَاثemission
رِهَانbet, wager
أُصُولًا عَالِقَةstranded assets