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Not only are we cooking the planet, we’re also funding Putin’s war on Ukraine.
The war in Ukraine should encourage the world to accelerate the switch to renewable energy, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said.
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A quarter of the European Union’s petroleum oil imports come from Russia, along with almost half its gas.
The irony that European nations are effectively paying for the war in Ukraine has not been lost on the continent’s leaders.
The panic that Putin’s actions caused in energy markets has only increased the profits Russia makes by driving up the price we all pay for energy – which is one reason we are already seeing a dramatic pivot to alternative supplies.
Maybe he’s doing it to drive the prices up.
It would be easy to cease buying Russian oil. It could happen today. Lift the stupid embargo on Venezuela and source the oil from them.
Yes, I know we need to wean ourselves off oil, but like all good things, it does take time. I have just bought a new car, could not get an affordable one at the range I need (350 km round trips twice a week to visit my 90 Yo mother in hospital), but I did my research and bought the smallest most fuel-efficient engine I could. Yes, I still burn petrol, but 40% less than in my previous car.
On behalf of the world, I say: Thank you!