The Eurozone was fucked the minute it lost access to cheap energy.

Energy independence should be a core element of national policy, but no. Germany had to shift to natural gas because burning methane releases half the emissions of coal.

Methane leakage from natural gas? Obviously not an issue, despite methane being 85x more potent a GHG than CO2 over a 20-year period and average methane leakage estimated to be between 1.4% and 9.5%. I hope I don't have to spell out what that means for global emissions targets: even on the low end of estimates, natural gas is worse over a 20-year period than coal.