Europe is bracing for the worst energy crisis it has ever known. temperatures are already falling as winter approaches, while delivery of Russian natural gas, which last year provided 40% of Europe’s supplies, has been reduced to a trickle. Meanwhile, OPEC is cutting oil production, hydropower has been crippled by this summer’s drought, and renewable electricity is not fully in force.
I keep thinking about the ridiculously dangerous advice people were giving online when Texas lost power. I wonder how many people will asphyxiate this winter in an effort to keep warm.