Dan Jørgensen, the European Commissioner for Energy and Housing, has warned that Europeans need to work to conserve fuel in light on upcoming shortages particularly through remote work and reducing car/air travel, warning that this crisis would continue even in the case of an immediate peace treaty, and arguing that Europe should seek a rapid deployment of renewable energy as a means of alleviating the crisis. This has very real significance on a number of fronts; beyond just being the latest of a number of indicators that the war is about to place Europe under real duress, it also highlights pushes for the expansion of renewable energy. With the issue of Russian oil exports to Europe already being a problem – and an area with limited enforcement – developments like this will also likely place more pressure on Ukraine to come to a peace agreement, even if that means they have to cede land. Not a good sign for anybody beyond Russia itself, unfortunately.
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Dan Jørgensen, the European Commissioner for Energy and Housing, has warned that Europeans need to work to conserve fuel in light on upcoming shortages particularly through remote work and reducing car/air travel, warning that this crisis would continue even in the case of an immediate peace treaty, and arguing that Europe should seek a rapid deployment of renewable energy as a means of alleviating the crisis. This has very real significance on a number of fronts; beyond just being the latest of a number of indicators that the war is about to place Europe under real duress, it also highlights pushes for the expansion of renewable energy. With the issue of Russian oil exports to Europe already being a problem – and an area with limited enforcement – developments like this will also likely place more pressure on Ukraine to come to a peace agreement, even if that means they have to cede land. Not a good sign for anybody beyond Russia itself, unfortunately.