[Synaesthesia]

Well you need fossil fuels for feedstock in the chemical industry. It's one place they can't be replaced.

The real reason is because Europe cut itself off from cheaper Russian gas.

[fundatus]

It was Putin that cut off gas supply to Europe almost completely in autumn 2021 in preparation of the invasion and then completely shut it off during 2022. That was before the pipelines were blown up.

[Synaesthesia]

That's not true. Russia continued to supply gas after 2021.

[benjymo]

They unilaterally cut supply through NS1 though and before the invasion deliberately kept gas storage in Germany empty.

It's not all of europe but maybe this is what the the other person is referring to.