With Europeans facing skyrocketing energy prices this winter, and warnings that they will have to cut back on energy consumption if they don’t want power blackouts, everyone is blaming the Russian-Ukraine war for the shortfall.

However, research by Rystad Energy suggests that the real problem is in fact the move to green energy. Over the past several years, European politicians have been shutting down fossil fuel and nuclear power plants in favour of wind and solar, which are not only less reliable, but significantly more expensive.

Fox News explains:

Green energy policies in Europe designed to rapidly shift the continent away from fossil fuel dependence have contributed to soaring power prices in the region.

The European benchmark index measuring future electricity prices increased to a record $993 per megawatt hour (MWh) on Monday, days after prices in France and Germany surged 25%, according to European Energy Exchange data compiled by Bloomberg. By comparison, the average price of electricity in the U.S. hit $129 per MWh in June, federal data showed. […]

A Reuters analysis published in December concluded that lower-than-expected wind power generation was a major factor sending prices higher and forcing suppliers to turn back to coal and natural gas. Russia was the largest provider of Europe’s natural gas and coal imports at the time of the invasion.

READ: Experts blame green energy policies for Europe’s full-scale energy crisis: ‘A warning to the US’

Meanwhile, the Green propaganda tells us

One of the favorite tactics of the environmental extremists is to claim their green energy projects will supply power to as many as 1,000 homes, for example. However, those maximums are based on the sun always shining and the wind always blowing. According to the Energy Information Administration, wind energy operates at between 25% to 50% capacity and solar at between 10% to 35% capacity.

Meanwhile, in Colorado

READ: Thousands of Xcel customers locked out of thermostats during ‘energy emergency’

22,000 people lost control of temperatures in their homes for hours Tuesday

Temperatures climbed into the 90s Tuesday, which is why Tony Talarico tried to crank up the air conditioning in his partner’s Arvada home.

“I mean, it was 90 out, and it was right during the peak period,” Talarico said. “It was hot.”

That’s when he saw a message on the thermostat stating the temperature was locked due to an “energy emergency.”