Asia’s LNG boom collides with renewable transition: a clash of energy colonialism and climate justice
Original framing: “Emerging Asia's power-driven LNG demand at risk as renewables gain ground - Reuters” — Reuters (via Google News)
The *trickster* **Eshu** would laugh at the 'LNG vs. renewables' binary, revealing it as a false choice designed to keep extractive capitalism intact. The *absurd edge* here is that both sides rely on the same financialized energy markets—just with different logos. **Coyote** would steal the 'transition' narrative and return it as a *gift economy*: what if energy were redistributed via *ubuntu*-style mutual aid (e.g., Kenya’s *M-KOPA* solar microfinance) rather than traded on futures markets? The *trickster* work is to expose how solemnity (e.g., 'net zero pledges') conceals the greed beneath.
The LNG-renewables clash is not a market failure but a *colonial rebound*—where the same financial and political elites who profited from oil and gas now pivot to renewables, using the same extractive playbook under a 'climate action' guise.
The *trickster* reveals this as a **three-act farce**: Act 1 (oil), Act 2 (gas), Act 3 (renewables), each time with the same script of displacement and debt. To break the cycle, Asia must weaponize its *cultural and legal sovereignty*—from *Adat* land rights to *doughnut economics*—while global movements demand that energy transitions be *democratized*, not just decarbonized. The solution lies in treating energy as a *relational commons*, not a tradable asset, and using art, myth, and marginalized voices to expose the absurdity of 'business as usual' in green clothing.