Post by Greenpeace

Unlike oil, solar panels and wind turbines do not need to pass through maritime chokepoints like the Strait of #Hormuz. Renewables are not traded in the same globally centralised way. Power is generated locally and across many smaller sites. This matters for security. Russia has repeatedly targeted Ukraine’s power plants during the war. Ukraine is now ramping up renewables because decentralised power generation is much harder to destroy. As one Ukrainian energy expert told Yale360, a single missile could take out a coal plant, while a wind farm would require 40. Decentralised power is more resilient. Damage to one site does not collapse the grid. Renewables do not remove all geopolitical risk. Power grids face cyber threats, and critical minerals create new dependencies. Today, much solar panel and battery manufacturing is concentrated in China. But the structural difference remains clear. Solar panels generate power locally once installed. Oil and gas have shaped global politics for decades because they are transportable, globally traded, and concentrated in a few countries. The global economy, and our wallets, are directly tied to this trade. The current situation is yet another reminder that this has to stop. Reducing fossil fuel dependence is not only climate policy. It is also energy security and national security. Cutting fossil fuels strengthens resilience and reduces the leverage of other nations.  ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eBNjiB_N    #StopFossilGas