The people who are dying ARE already fighting for a war they feel is just (their very existence and country) and by the comments coming from other nations, they are fully backing the Ukrainians in their fight in this 'just' war.
Apparently Germany though may value Russian Oil as higher value than Ukrainian lives or their Ukrainian nation. That's abhorrent.
It's complicated...I don't think you can say one on one they (we as Europeans) don't value Ukrainians lives.
There are roughly 6 reasons why Europe will find it difficult to get rid of Russian gas in the short term.
The continent is dependent on Russian gas
The European Union
depends on Russia for about 40% of its gas consumption . By 2021, Russia will have sold about $100 billion worth of oil and gas to Europe, estimates William Jackson, an economist at Capital Economics.
The
dependence on Russian gas is relatively high, especially in countries such as Bulgaria, Germany and Italy. The Netherlands is estimated to get about 11 percent of its gas from Russia.
Germany relies on Russian gas
Germany, Europe's largest economy, depends on Russia for more than half of its gas. This is partly due to the replacement of nuclear energy by natural gas.
Partly for this reason, a new gas pipeline has been laid from Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea. This concerns the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which is an addition to the existing Nord Stream 1 pipeline.
Although the new gas pipeline is finished, it is not yet in use. Following Russia's recognition of the rebel republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine,
Germany suspended the approval process for the controversial gas pipeline .
Russian gas is relatively cheap
Analysts say the increased European imports of Russian gas since Russia's invasion of Ukraine is due to market factors driving up the price of non-Russian gas.
An energy analyst at
BloombergNEF , Stefan Ulrich, says non-Russian gas prices are "far above the likely selling price for many Gazprom import contracts".
Georg Erdmann, the former chair of the Energy Systems Department at the Technical University of Berlin, told
CNBC that the gas industry "assumes that Russia is a fairly reliable commercial partner" that honors its long-term contracts.
European politicians do not want to chase their citizens on excessive energy costs
Europeans have had a winter in which gas prices have skyrocketed and household
energy bills have risen sharply. European governments are now wary not to frighten their voters with the specter of further price hikes.
Also read: Energy bill will almost double in 2022… but that only applies if you calculate with variable prices
In addition, Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, has insisted that the EU would be able to cope with a possible interruption in gas imports.
Europe is slow to switch to renewable energy
Although the European Union wants to make more use of renewable energy, the expansion is not moving fast enough to reduce dependence on Russian gas already.
According to the European Union's Directorate-General for Energy, a quarter of the economic bloc's energy comes from natural gas. The rest comes from oil (32 percent), solid fossil fuels such as coal (11 percent) and renewable energy and biofuels (18 percent).
Tim Schittekatte, a scientist with the MIT Energy Initiative, told
CNBC , “There is just not enough grid capacity right now to take in more renewable energy in some parts of Europe”.
Russian gas helps European crops to grow
Europe uses gas to make important fertilizer ingredients, such as ammonium nitrate and urea. A disruption in gas supply thus also affects the continent's ability to grow crops and feed the population.
Yes, complicated.....
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