And yes, there should be more nuclear power plants online in France during winter. But some projections say that it won't be enough and France will depend on other countries until next year.
> It's not that Europe wasn't warned.
That may be so. However, most proposed solutions were not to be come independent, but to import oil/gas from other countries. Which is why public opinion never really changed. And its very hard to encourage people to become climate neutral if others (americans) are some much worse in respect to climate change.
Also, many Europeans have personal connections to Russia and don't trust the US. It's not all just corrupt politicians (which is obviously contributing, but its not just that). Similar story with Iran, btw.
Power transmission this year so far [https://energy-charts.info/charts/import_export/chart.htm?l=...]: Germany to France: 13.5 TWh, France to Germany: 3.2 TWh, Net export Germany: 16.9 TWh, Net export France: -9.7 TWh
And yes, there should be more nuclear power plants online in France during winter. But some projections say that it won't be enough and France will depend on other countries until next year.
> It's not that Europe wasn't warned.
That may be so. However, most proposed solutions were not to be come independent, but to import oil/gas from other countries. Which is why public opinion never really changed. And its very hard to encourage people to become climate neutral if others (americans) are some much worse in respect to climate change.
Also, many Europeans have personal connections to Russia and don't trust the US. It's not all just corrupt politicians (which is obviously contributing, but its not just that). Similar story with Iran, btw.