My comment was meant as opposed to relying on fossil fuels imported from other nations; Europe as a whole imports 87% of it's oil [0], most of which comes from

My comment was meant as opposed to relying on fossil fuels imported from other nations; Europe as a whole imports 87% of it's oil [0], most of which comes from Russia [1]. If the same capital would be spent on renewable domestic energy generation, it would lead to a more stable economy in the long term, as well the benefits of local jobs and not funding countries with questionable regimes (where a lot of oil comes from). It's a completely different story for the US. As I understand, domestic reserves are expected to last until the mid 2030s, but that assumes no new reserves will be discovered. Unfortunately as a lot of our technology comes from the US, it means the world as a whole is pretty dependent on the US energy economy and their political decisions regarding sustainability. [0] https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?oldid=315177 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php... [1] https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=File:Crude_oil_imports_by_country_of_origin,_EU-28,_2000-2017_(million_tonnes)_F.png https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...