  ‘‘Thank God that our country is an oil producer and the price
of gasoline is one of the lowest,’’ al-Kubaisi said, filling up
his Toyota Land Cruiser at a gas station in Doha. ‘‘God has
given us a blessing.’’    ‘‘We need to stop funding the problem,
and start funding the solution,’’ said Steve Kretzmann, of Oil
Change International, an advocacy group for clean energy.
‘‘I think it is manifestly clear ... that this is a massive
missing piece of the climate change jigsaw puzzle,’’ said Tim
Groser, New Zealand’s minister for climate change.  He is
spearheading an initiative backed by Scandinavian countries and
some developing countries to put fuel subsidies on the agenda in
various forums, citing the U.N. talks as a ‘‘natural home’’ for
the debate.    ‘‘We are reviewing the subsidy periodically in
the context of the total economy for Qatar,’’ the tiny Persian
gulf country’s energy minister, Mohammed bin Saleh al-Sada, told
reporters Monday.  Qatar’s National Development Strategy
2011-2016 states it more