How Europe could quickly cut its Russian gas use by a third — Quartz - BitcoinEthereumNews.com
เศรษฐกิจHow Europe could quickly cut its Russian gas use by a third — Quartz03 / 03 / 2022ข่าว Bitcoin Ethereum The EU continues to spend hundreds of millions of dollars per day on gas imports from Russia, even as European sanctions kick in and a growing list of Western energy companies cut their ties to Russian oil and gas producers. Gas is Russian president Vladimir Putin‘s most important source of financing, and cutting off imports would deal a devastating blow to his war effort. The trouble is, Russia supplies about 45% of Europe’s gas, which remains an indispensable fuel for electricity, building heat, and factories—and there are few good alternatives to replace it. In the long term, European countries are likely to accelerate their construction of renewable energy sources and infrastructure to receive gas from other sources; the European Commission is expected to publish more details of that strategy next week. But in the immediate term, there are a number of important steps that could reduce European reliance on Russian gas imports by one-third, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency. Europe needs to find new sources of energy supply, and reduce demand Step one is no more new contracts with Gazprom, the