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by fc417fc802 79 days ago
Those imports have a much longer half life than barrels of oil.
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But at the moments they cover only a tiny percentage of our electricity needs, not even talking about storage or the heating needs which usually come from gas.
You objected that switching to solar would still leave the EU dependent on imports. Even if that is true the dependence isn't remotely equivalent.