Monday, September 26, 2022
Enforced Conservation
With energy prices skyrocketing, Europeans are in the throes of enforced conservation and public willingness to comply. If this were primarily a public relations campaign, it wouldn't work. The driver is money and huge power bills just beginning to slam businesses and citizens. Avoidance of Russian gas and oil requires solidarity. If one country breaks down and does what Putin wants, others might follow. Then, Putin gets what he wants -- Ukraine. For years, some had warned about reliance on Russian energy. No one listened. Now Western Europe is being blackmailed, and there is little to be done except hunker. One might think it serves the countries right for trusting Putin, but no one could predict his invasion of another country. Western Europe is furiously diversifying and hoping it is not too late.
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