Might be true for Germany, but other countries are also dependent on natural gas. In 2018 natural gas accounted for 45% of Italy's electricity production [0], i

Might be true for Germany, but other countries are also dependent on natural gas. In 2018 natural gas accounted for 45% of Italy's electricity production [0], in 2021 28% of Hungary's electricity came from gas [1]. And that's just electricity, 63% [2] of Europeans energy consumption is used for heating, I would guess a large part of that is gas as well. This is bigger than Germany closing some nuclear plants, although that obviously isn't helping. Despite knowing that natural gas is a fossil fuel that we need to stop using the cost of using it hasn't been high enough to dissuade using it. This sudden increase in cost and the crisis it has and will cause really shows that economy is the only thing that matters, people will continue burning whatever they can get as long as it's cheap, since the external cost of global warming isn't properly included in the price. Neither was security risks, and we're all paying for that now. [0] https://www.statista.com/statistics/873552/energy-mix-in-italy/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/873552/energy-mix-in-ita... [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1235432/hungary-distribution-of-electricity-production-by-source/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1235432/hungary-distribu... [2] https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Energy_consumption_in_households https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...