Donald Trump’s war is not just against Iran. It’s against oil, and it’s creating one giant carbon tax

March 20, 2026 — 2:00pm

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Donald Trump, the man who said “drill baby drill” and labelled policies to slash greenhouse gases a scam fostered on the poor of America, is managing to create one big global carbon tax.

The decision this afternoon by the International Energy Agency to issue a 10-point plan on ways to reduce the use of oil because of the shortages created by Trump’s war against Iran is a carbon reduction plan in every way but name.

The recommendations would give a dose of PTSD to anyone who remembers the loo paper rolls war of the pandemic, or who became fed up with being told to wear a facemask and stand at least 1.5 metres from each other.

Work from home, the IEA says. Cut highway speed limits by 10 kilometres an hour. Use public transport. Increase carpooling. Restrict car usage in our major cities through an odds-and-evens licence plate system. Encourage people to install electric rather than gas appliances in new homes (a policy already in place in parts of........

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