Quote (ofthevoid @ 23 Apr 2022 23:28)
You live in Europe, look around, ask yourself, ask your neighbors and friends, are you prepared to pay close to 2x for your gasoline and gas to heat and cook going forward? Because that's what it will take if you really want to stop financing Russia's war.
Gasoline:
My next car is going to be electric, charged from my own house photovoltaics supported by my own home energy magazine. no need for gasoline.
Sure such a car is a pain when you travel large distances, but I rarely do travel long distance by car. Can always borrow/exchange car with a family member, or rent it.
I work mainly from home, also in Europe there is an advanced public transportation.
Heating/electricity:
Here in Poland we have our own coal, and some own gas. Now, even before the Russian ban, world price of coal is 400usd, but our mines sell it for polish citizens for half that price (marked as "not for resale/export").
Do you know that you can make energy efficient houses, that need only a fraction of energy?
Even with ventilation, you can reclaim heat from outgoing air, to heat the incoming air. Technology is ready for all of it.
Sure, EU had some gas, oil and coal imports from Russia, and its difficult to make a total switch in short term, but its definitely doable in the middle term.
Also your prognosis seems too pesimistic, resources already went up very much because of war risk, they wouldnt go higher in my opinion. We in Europe already receive ships from the US that has plenty of resources because of their great "shale gas/oil" technology.