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Niels Fuglsang is Member of the European Parliament and Rapporteur on the Energy Efficiency Directive.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You have to go back to the 1970s oil crises to find a comparison to what is happening now to Europe\u2019s energy system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The combination of Putin\u2019s chokehold on gas supplies, the most severe drought on record and a failing conventional power fleet are creating the conditions for a perfect storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Households, businesses and governments are being hit with ever-increasing energy bills, which in turn are driving inflation, devaluing the Euro and forcing central banks to increase interest rates and borrowing costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What can we do about it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For years some of us have been saying that the safest, cleanest and cheapest energy is that which we don\u2019t use. Today this is truer than ever. But Europe has been sleeping at the wheel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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