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Entire chunks of the European Union wish they'd made a law like this earlier, when there was still time.
by Kim_Bruning 4y ago
Entire chunks of the European Union wish they'd made a law like this earlier, when there was still time.
- Kim_Bruning 4y agoAdding some reasoning why to the above: In February Russia invaded Ukraine, and Europe and Russia responded by levying sanctions and counter-sanctions. However the EU was rather dependent on Russian gas, so they couldn't act as rapidly as they'd have liked. If there had previously been an EU directive to "divest from natural gas by 2020-2025", the situation would be somewhat different. Even if the EU was only half-way, that would still have left them in a much better position. * There would be less reason to invade Ukraine, since the gas infrastructure would have been worth less to an invader. * Without a need to appease Russia, The European Union could have reacted a lot faster and sharper than it did. * Russian analysts would have been able to predict some of this ahead of time, and possibly advised against war in the first place. Thus: EU countries (especially Germany) would have been a lot better off if they had eliminated their dependency on non-renewable sources sooner. Especially for private use. To be fair, they thought they had more time. Unfortunately it turns out they didn't.