"The only solution for Europe is to upscale its green energy policy into a "war-like economy," said Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, head of the EU program Institute for Climate Economics
"The EU is not at war with Russia, but it needs to scale up its weapon production to help Ukrainians, and energy is the only real leverage Putin has on Europeans," he said.
The bloc needs to focus on factors it can control, namely renewable energy, energetic sobriety, and energetic efficiency.
"The question is how many million Europeans are willing to reduce heating to save gas — if everyone was making more effort, we'd already be independent of Russian gas."
Good background journalism on #FossilGas, #LNG #Energy, #Europe, and #RussianUkrainian war by Alexander Query at Kyiv Independent.
https://kyivindependent.com/world/europe-still-hooked-on-russian-gas-despite-deep-cut