It is clear that there is no going back, the elites have given their verdict: we have to get rid of the energy provided by oil or nuclear derivatives and assume, whether you like it or not, the consumption of so-called clean energies. In an ideal world, our politicians would have initiated this transition at least 20 years ago, knowing that the decline of oil production and climate change had been proven for at least 80 years, but the addiction to dinosaur juice is stronger than reason.
In view of the fact that the investment in exploration, extraction and refining of oil and natural gas is lower every year, together with the fact that you of the first world have already consumed 90% of the hydrocarbons extracted so far (less than half of them remaining in the subsoil according to OPEC), they innocently believed that it was feasible to continue their energy waste but with solar panels and windmills, but you know what? NO!
With climate change events happen that were rare before, now the great rivers suffer the rigors of prolonged droughts, therefore hydroelectric power plants lose power, the air currents no longer blow constantly consequently the mills stop their blades or rotate slowly. In the case of solar panels, most developed countries (Europe, North America and some Asian countries) are covered by clouds most of the year, which means that the energy coming from the sun is not constant.
So, given the low efficiency of clean energy, who are you going to need to move the world while we adapt to the future? exactly, the reliable oil and its friends natural gas and coal, but as they are scarce (thanks to you and your excessive addiction), the few countries that provide these energies can now only distribute to those who are willing to pay more among you developed countries, condemning the losers of this squid game of electricity to suffer months, perhaps decades of blackouts and instability in this matter.
The Austrian government issued the warning to its population through its Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner who recently said: "the question is not if there will be a big blackout, but when". In view of this prophecy, the authorities of this European country have deployed an important campaign warning their people about this event and that for this reason they should prepare themselves by accumulating rechargeable batteries, bottled water, canned food and even board games to cope with the long hours a week without electricity. Europe seems to be the continent that will have the hardest time as we adapt to this process given its high vulnerability in terms of fuel supply independence.
This change promises to be hard, slow and traumatic but this is what awaits us, we of the third world know what it means to live in a constant calamity, anxiety and anguish, it is not that we like it, what happens is that we do not usually have alternatives and you do not make it easy for us when we visit you in your countries. Our advantage is that we know how to consume only what we need, take advantage of what nature provides us and adapt our lives to that reality. You will hardly succeed in maintaining the same levels of energy consumption today, remember that resources are limited but sufficient for everyone, you just have to know how to share, and you, do you think you can live with less than what you are used to?