The cold winter is approaching, and how can Europeans who have not yet solved the energy crisis survive the long and cold winter? According to the British " Sun ": Nearly half of the British are planning to "escape from Britain", and everyone is searching for cheap travel abroad, hoping to spend the winter in another country.
This also allowed British airlines and travel agencies to see business opportunities. For example, British low-cost airline "EJ" launched the 28-day Egypt tour package, with a total cost of only 650 pounds , which not only includes round-trip air tickets, but also allows you to stay in a five-star resort throughout the journey, including food, drink, and fun.
What is this concept? If you choose to live in the UK, then the cost of living in the UK during the same period will cost £877. Obviously, for British people in the energy crisis, traveling abroad is cheaper than staying at home.
In addition to the United Kingdom, residents of Germany, Sweden , Denmark, Norway and other countries are also planning to escape. In addition to leaving Europe, they can also go to a relatively warmer place south of Europe.
For example, Spain's famous winter tourism town Benidorm . Since October, local homestays have been fully booked. These tourists are generally from Nordics. They will stay here for several months until the end of winter in their hometown. In this way, they can not only make themselves feel more comfortable, but no longer have to worry about the huge heating costs in winter.
So, how serious is the energy crisis in Europe? After winter is over, do Europeans still need to worry about energy issues?
Although Europe is one of the most economically developed regions in the world, Europe has always had the problem of energy scarcity, which has also made European countries seriously rely on energy imports. Before the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Europe was very dependent on Russian natural gas , oil and other resources, especially natural gas, more than 40% came from Russia.
Although after the Russian-Ukraine conflict, European countries took sides with Ukraine and had a very stiff relationship with Russia, Russia did not completely cut off energy supply to Europe. However, Europeans never expected that the "big brother" the United States, whom they trusted, would eventually be put on a trick.
Although the United States does not admit that it is related to the leakage of the Nord Stream pipeline, after this incident, Europe could only go far and wide to import natural gas from the United States. It originally thought that the United States could provide timely assistance, but unexpectedly, it was robbed by the United States. The price of natural gas sold to Europe continued to rise, making it impossible for European people to afford the high energy bills.
Therefore, only European people who have no money to keep heating and electricity want to escape before winter comes, fearing that they will be frozen to death in this extremely difficult winter.
So, when the winter is over, these Europeans who have escaped from the winter return to their hometowns, don’t they have to worry about energy issues?
Unfortunately, researchers at the Center for Global Energy Policy believe that the worst days in Europe have not yet begun.
What does this mean? Before the Nord Stream pipeline leaked, Europe had already obtained a large amount of natural gas from Russia. Although this gas could not solve Europe's energy problems, it could barely maintain Europe for a while.
plus the natural gas imported from the United States and the Middle East in Europe one after another. These can allow Europe to not worry about insufficient natural gas before the end of the heating season in March next year.
However, although people's electricity consumption will drop a lot at the end of winter, it also means that all the natural gas reserves in Europe are consumed.
Some friends may say that Europe can continue to import natural gas from the United States, or the Middle East and other places. The reason is this, but it is actually very difficult to solve. It is reported that both the United States and the Middle East, including other natural gas producers in contact with Europe, have clearly stated that new natural gas projects will not be launched next year, which also means that after March next year, even if Europe is willing to spend a high price to buy natural gas, it may not be able to buy it.
Therefore, some experts believe that for Europeans, the most terrible thing is not the coming winter, but next year's winter, which is a nightmare that Europeans cannot bear.
So, without Russia's help, how can Europe solve the energy crisis problem?
Speaking of which, one of the major reasons why Europe has experienced such a serious energy crisis is related to their "self-inflicted". If they had not believed too much that the United States would provide help, they would not have had a complete quarrel with Russia.
Europe is now in a dilemma, and it is up to you to solve the energy crisis. So, what are Europe planning to do? Some time ago, Europe planned to restart nuclear power plant and fully popularize nuclear power generation . However, there is a problem here. It will take time to build a nuclear power plant. If it is officially put into use, it will happen after 2030.
In addition, France plans to accelerate the development of renewable resources and prepare to build offshore wind farms on a large scale. However, according to the project progress, it will be as early as 2050 to solve France's own energy problems.
There is also a large number of people planning to escape the UK. Recently, they want to use the " hydraulic fracturing method " to mine shale gas to provide energy supply to themselves. However, although this method can indeed allow the UK to obtain a large amount of energy in the short term, it has a fatal problem: this method can easily cause ground collapses and frequent earthquakes, and will also cause serious pollution to the environment.
, plus this mining method has long been banned by many countries. If the UK insists on restarting use, once a more serious mining accident occurs, it is very likely that the UK will fall into a greater crisis.
From this we can see that in fact, European countries have no way to solve the energy problem at all. At least the crisis will continue to exist in the short term, and the situation will become more and more difficult. So friends, in your opinion, what should Europe do to save itself? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area to discuss
