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Trinidad and Tobago's Economic Diversification
The islands have had the great fortune to sit in amongst oil and gas, but it has meant that 35% of the island's GDP comes from energy sources. I think COVID-19, if at no other time during the pandemic, when we recognized that we were getting sub-zero prices, they pumping some of those countries,. The Russia-Ukraine War, which led to further volatility for Trinidad and Tobago in terms of our revenue streams. And added to that the additional liaison in terms of all of our international obligations and commitments with respect to climate change and reducing our carbon footprint. But I think really and truly there has not been the will to swing the pendulum away from our