The continent relies heavily on Russian fossil fuels. Severing that relationship could speed up, or possibly derail, plans to transition to cleaner energy sources.
adding that it was unwise to “let any third country destabilize our energy markets or influence our energy choices.”Europe ending or significantly reducing its reliance on Russian oil and gas would represent a major shift in the global energy market, but experts are divided over whether that disruption would be a move forward or a setback for the green energy transition that’s necessary to combat the worst effects of climate change.
“For all we talk about how inexpensive renewables are, and how quickly energy storage is coming down in price, that hasn’t been enough when it appears that ‘just’ the climate is at stake. Now European sovereignty is at stake.” — Daniel Kammen, energy researcher, toNations and individuals will be more willing to make the sacrifices needed to switch to renewables
“We may need, for the remaining weeks of this winter, to insure gas supplies for Europe, but by next winter we need to remove that lever. That means an all-out effort to decarbonize that continent, and then our own. It’s not impossible.” — Bill McKibben,“Steep gas prices are, of course, a great selling point for electric cars, not that they need it at this point.
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