It's in the title of the article itself you fool. They are DESPERATE because of what Russia is doing , not that they want to do it. They are forced to at this time. People care about the future but not if it causes undo hardship in the present. Only so much people can do. Obviously the EU and NATO need to work out a shared electrical grid in Europe. The kinks will be worked out.If renewables are so great, why is Germany going back to coal? Oh yeah, because coal is better than renewables. Still want to play this game?
He predicted European coal generation will average 15 gigawatts in 2022, up from 11GW in 2021 and 8 GW in 2020. Germany’s coal fleet, which has largely operated as a backup source of power in recent years, is now likely to run more frequently.
Coal’s on a comeback in energy-desperate Europe
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Why is Biden out producing trump on oil now, not that he wants to but because he has to. Same scenario, plus other factors. The problems of switching over systems exaggerated by human stupidity ( not Biden's ). He's thinking way ahead of the game, people will be shocked when we run out of oil but by then it will be welcomed because of the increasing amount of energy put into the Earth's atmosphere from fossil fuels creating even more unnatural natural disasters. At least we won't be caught with our pants down. And we'll have averted even more disastrous events.