As Europe is demonstrating right now, in their case using fossil fuels means being prone to blackmail by dictators, and worse: subsidizing some of those same d

As Europe is demonstrating right now, in their case using fossil fuels means being prone to blackmail by dictators, and worse: subsidizing some of those same dictators to wage war against Europe. Like so many people, the nations of the EU thought they still had time. Now, belatedly, European governments see it as a direct national security imperative to switch to non-fossil sources as quickly as possible. If as many people as possible switch, the price of fuel goes down (due to people not using it), and the cost of replacement systems also goes down (due to increased efficiencies of scale in production). This is thus also the best way to mitigate the consequences for the poor. It's still going to be an interesting winter.