Europe has plenty of space for fracking and is not really dangerous. They somehow decided that it was better to import gas from Russia and to be vulnerable rat

Europe has plenty of space for fracking and is not really dangerous. They somehow decided that it was better to import gas from Russia and to be vulnerable rather than to produce it locally and reap the strategic and economic benefits because "but the environment"... Really a myopic approach to strategic issues: If Europe depends on gas, and it does, then supply must be secure and domestic if possible. This does not prevent from moving to renewables at the same time.