I think Europe is unique in terms of denying reality so much that they don't even have a plan. It's like the prospect of some things are so terrible as to be u

I think Europe is unique in terms of denying reality so much that they don't even have a plan. It's like the prospect of some things are so terrible as to be unthinkable and when something is unthinkable, you don't come up with a plan to deal with it. Instead, you shout down anyone who brings up the unmentionable thing. For Europe, the list of unthinkable things keeps growing: * What if they can't deploy enough energy storage at scale to make their renewable push actually work? Unthinkable! * What if there is no regime change in Russia, and the present situation just continues for a few decades. Unthinkable! * What will they do with millions of Ukrainian refugees that refuse to or are unable to return home? And the many millions more that will be flooding in soon? Unthinkable! So this deer in the headlights inability to face reality is the leadership problem. And the sad thing is that Europe does have options. There is coal in Poland, Natural gas in Germany, Nuclear in France, Wind in Italy. They can scale up production of domestic sources and deal with the stark reality that they need to become much more energy independent OR they can spend $200 billion subsidizing the purchase of imported natural gas for consumers, just hoping that things "go back to normal after the war".