Ukraine itself is proof of how undisruptive is lowering natural gas use as it reduced it's own imports back in 2014. Natural gas has a lot of substitutes in el

Ukraine itself is proof of how undisruptive is lowering natural gas use as it reduced it's own imports back in 2014. Natural gas has a lot of substitutes in electricity generation and other uses, and demand will fall as prices rise (good for global warming anyway). Energy poor households can get help, so no one will freeze to death, without subisizing the natural gas. Spring and Summer are holding which makes this the best time to act. Advanced market economies like the ones in the EU are very resilient to supply shocks like this and Eastern European countries can be helped. Over the long term dependence on insane dictators is also bad for the economy and diversification and decarbonization are good!