Why U.S. gas or heat pump fleets won’t save Europe from Putin-driven gas crisis
Heat pump installation. Photo: Phyxter Home Services
I really enjoyed watching Denzel Washington in “Macbeth’s Tragedy. ‘ but I hear echoes his unforgettable About Shakespeare’sHustle and anger, nothing“Every time I see a new wave of competing narratives around U.S. energy policy facing Putin’s criminal war against Ukraine and the resulting shock to energy markets and prices.
For example, in recent weeks we have seen climate activist Bill McKee call President Joe Biden will use the Defense Production Act manufacture and export Thousands of households heat pump Travel to Europe to reduce reliance on Russian gas and West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin promote Complete 303 miles of natural gas pipeline using the same emergency mechanism.
Given Europe’s reliance on Russian gas and the reality that energy security there or here needs to far outweigh boosts, there’s little evidence that either strategy will help Europe keep gas or heat pumps warm this winter or even next. (read The Euractiv story and this awesome twitter thread Reporter-turned-electrician Nathanael Johnson sees the limits of the heat pump blitz. )
But it is also clear that increasing near-term gas and oil supplies and improving efficiency and clean energy resources must play a role in viable U.S. policy, especially if it is to be hoped at this critical time of turmoil and geopolitical and geophysical sustainability .
Pressure on Europe to end all Russian fuel imports is rise With every new Russian atrocity in Ukraine.new Climate Action Assessment Further from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change pull the windows Transformative climate action.Gas station prices are still fluctuating Threats to midterm election prospects for Democrats.
Of course, the long-term vision of the trillion-dollar “build back better” program is a thing of the past. But there are growing signs that a still-historic $5 trillion spending package is emerging and moving forward.
Read the rest of the story on the Sustain What blog.
