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Summary: It is said that alcoholics often need to "hit bottom" before they will make the necessary changes to kick their craving. The crisis in Ukraine has made us hit bottom on our addiction to oil. It is best for humanity's survival, and the planet's, that we kick it now.
Well before Russia launched its bloody attack on Ukraine, the civilized world had vowed to replace dirty fossil fuels with clean energy. The reason was climate change: Planet-warming carbon emissions are threatening our way of life, if not today, then tomorrow.
The invasion of Ukraine by an unstable Vladimir Putin, however, made yesterday's concern today's concern.
It is said that alcoholics often need to "hit bottom" before they will make the necessary changes to kick their craving. The crisis in Ukraine has made us hit bottom on our addiction to oil. It is best for humanity's survival, and the planet's, that we kick it now.