One member state has said measures similar to the COVID lockdown are needed to curb the EU’s dependence on Russian oil.
Luxembourg’s energy minister said measures such as a European Union-wide curfew should be introduced to limit the bloc’s dependence on Russian oil.
The request comes as a transnational bloc prepares to release a plan to extract Russian-supplied fossil fuels from the EU, where some countries like Germany are heavily dependent on state-supplied natural gas.
According to the report MirrorLuxembourg believes such a plan should include a mandatory EU-wide speed limit, a block-wide requirement to work from home at least two days a week, and a weekend ban for every major city.
According to the minister, this will reduce oil consumption in Europe and in turn reduce reliance on Russian fuel imports.
“What we need at EU level is a coordinated EU-wide speed limit and two home office days a week,” said Claude Tourmes, Luxembourg’s energy minister.
“I urge the Commission not to miss the opportunity to put Europe on this path,” he continued.
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None of these political proposals by Luxembourg were particularly original, as they were presented by various academic and non-governmental organizations interested in driving the West away from Russia.
One of these organizations, the International Energy Agency, has previously argued that lowering speed limits, banning cars from cities on Sundays and forcing people to work from home could be used to avoid dependence on Russian imports.
“During the 1973 oil crisis, countries such as Switzerland, the Netherlands, and West Germany launched car-free Sundays,” according to the World Economic Forum’s report on the 10-point plan. “Cities in other countries have been using them recently to improve public health.”
The IEA report also argues that cars should be banned from certain routes on different days, and high-speed trains should be encouraged rather than air travel, in hopes of switching commuters to better ways of traveling long distances. -long trip.
While the organization argues that these recommendations should be implemented to help the West fight Russia, the group also acknowledges that the climate change agenda also plays a role in increasing focus on reducing oil use.
“In the future, this report also proposes a way forward for countries that will lead to a structural collapse in oil demand in the medium term, which consists of measures already included in the economic recovery packages introduced to address the pandemic effects of Kovid-19.” says report. reading.
“The adoption of these urgent and long-term recommendations will put countries on track to reduce oil demand in line with what is needed to achieve zero emissions by 2050.”
Source: Breitbart
