The deal would help the EU reduce its reliance on Russian energy, and could address concerns about gas supplies after the Nord Stream 1 pipeline began scheduled maintenance last week. #EuropeNews
  • bjoerns@feddit.de
    4·
    2 years ago

    Thats the simple problem. Most of the countries which have what we need are run by assholes.

    • poVoq@lemmy.ml
      5·
      2 years ago

      I wonder why that is so? Are we the baddies? (Obvious meme reference /s)

    • personwithakeyboard@lemmy.ml
      73·
      2 years ago

      Well we should just stop using gas anyway, no? Why are we continuing with this insanity when the world is literally burning?

      • thervingi@lemmy.ml
        61·
        2 years ago

        Even if you generate all your electricity from renewables, you still need natural gas for non-electricity uses like fertilizer or chemical manufacturing.

      • bjoerns@feddit.de
        3·
        2 years ago

        Maybe because a high amount of people are heating their flats using gas and it is not possible to change that short term.

        • poVoq@lemmy.ml
          5·
          2 years ago

          Sure, but it is not like this situation/discussion is new or surprising. You sleep in the bed you make yourself.

      • guojing@lemmy.ml
        35·
        2 years ago

        Because there is no alternative (except freezing). Renewables wont do much in cold, windless winter nights.

        • poVoq@lemmy.ml
          61·
          2 years ago

          Well, except that there are plenty of sources of renewable energy that neither depend on wind or the sun. And a well isolated home needs only minimal heating anyways.

          • guojing@lemmy.ml
            11·
            2 years ago

            And which exactly provide enough energy to power an entire country?

            • poVoq@lemmy.ml
              5·
              2 years ago

              Its a mix from various sources and energy saving efforts. Its not like natural gas is providing the entire energy needs of Europe either.

          • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
            14·
            2 years ago

            Sure, but creating the infrastructure to tap into these energy sources takes a long term commitment, and a lot of energy. Europe is clearly isn’t capable of committing to such a project, and now it lacks the energy needed to do so.