Europe could suffer from gas shortage and energy cost spike during winters as a result of their own suicidal policies in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Meanwhile, despite the risk of shortage and the fact that the technology isn’t ready yet, the Biden administration still pushes for the go green policy and rely on renewable energy.
In response to this, netizens criticized the administration for its current decision.
“The U.S. military is dependent on Russian energy in Europe, the equivalent of 470,000 tons of oil annually. Thus, the U.S. is helping fund Russia’s war. What is particularly interesting about this is just how deep the U.S. military is entrenched in Europe,” a netizen on Twitter posted.
Other nations in Europe have a few cutbacks imposed to deal with the crisis.
In Germany, “normally lit throughout the night–now goes dark overnight. Public buildings, museums and other landmarks such as the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin will no longer be illuminated overnight either The southern city of Augsburg decided to turn off traffic lights,” Axios reported.
People in Spain will also be required to use air conditioning no cooler than 27 degrees Celsius, or nearly 81 degrees Fahrenheit and the shop windows and unoccupied public buildings won’t be lit after 10 p.m.
Amid the energy crisis across Europe, Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder Elon Musk blasted the decision and declared that “at this time, we actually need more oil and gas, not less,” during an energy conference in Norway on Monday.
Musk also claimed that he’s not someone to “demonize” fossil fuels but at the same time, “we must have a clear path to a sustainable energy future.”
Meanwhile, Russia is currently burning an estimated $10 million in natural gas every day rather than sending it to the European Union.
“This is not normal at all. It’s incredibly volatile. These prices are reaching levels now that we thought we would never see.” Fabian Rønningen, a senior analyst at Rystad Energy, said.
On Monday, Shell Chief Executive Ben van Beurden warned that Europe could face several winters of gas shortage as a result of the cuts to Russian supplies during the news conference in Norway on Monday.
“It may well be that we will have a number of winters where we have to somehow find solutions,” van Beurden declared.
