And yet we have conservative politicians (e.g. in Germany) that are artificially keeping installations of new gas heating going.
I had to check 3 times this article wasn’t from 2022.
I can’t speak for all of Europe but in 2022 Germany had a minister for economics who actually gave a damn. His ministry decoupled the country‘s gas supply from Russia blazing fast and he was Germany‘s most popular politician by the end of that year. Then Russia launched massive smear campaigns against him specifically and idiots ate it up.
Habeck was one of the best politicians Germany ever had. The press (especially Axel Springer and RTL) really did everything they could to destroy him.
Of course, Springer would keep Hitler try to put Hitler in power were he still alive.
Habeck was the best we could hope to get, but the majority of the people (worldwide) are just plain idiots. That our species made it this far is actually unbelievable.
In 2022 our dearest “ally” hadn’t started a double blockade in Hormuz in order to lose a war with Iran.
The EU promised to
Purchase $750 billion in U.S. energy over three years—primarily liquefied natural gas (LNG), replacing Russian supply chains.
https://paradigmfutures.net/a/news/us-eu-trade-deal-2025/
In 2024, EU imports of US LNG dropped to 51 billion cubic meters (bcm), from 62 bcm in 2023 https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/bridging-the-us-eu-trade-gap-with-us-lng-is-more-complex-than-it-sounds/
That’s 1,173 billion MMBtuEven at $3 per MMBtu we seem to be ready to overfulfill our commitment.
edit: there is an error. The EU imported less in total:
In 2024, the EU imported €375.9 billion worth of energy products,
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20250321-1
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I mean i’m not using gas anymore either, but still that could be bad for everyone involved
Some idiot politicians have already told us not to worry, because we can use electric heating… which is mostly generated by gas in winter.
Please make sure what you say is correct before postulating.
https://www.energy-charts.info/charts/power/chart.htm?c=DE&interval=year
In relevant numbers? Yes. Mostly? No.
Eh, ok, the plurality is gas in Germany, same as in the Netherlands.
But any extra electric power produced is entirely gas here in the Netherlands, because those are the plants with excess capacity. Germany might have options in (brown)coal, I don’t really know. The point was, if we stop using gas for heating houses and switch to electric, we will be using gas to generate that extra electricity.
And yes, I am aware that using electric heat pumps will mean we use less gas than we do now, but the people who would have to switch over will not suddenly have a heat pump installed.