As European leaders grow more desperate for ways to get Vladimir Putin to end his invasion of Ukraine, almost everything appears to be on the table. That includes convincing people to use less fuel or even rationing energy supplies to avoid importing from Russia. “Politicians are going to be hesitant to go down that route,” said Jay Hakes, an energy expert, who recorded the public backlash in the U.S. in his book Energy Crises: Nixon, Ford, Carter and Hard Choices in the 1970s . But European policy makers need to consider all options, including pushing for lifestyle changes. “We have to consolidate our resilience by putting into place mechanisms for a voluntary reduction of consumption,” Barbara Pompili, France’s minister for the ecological transition, said last week after a meeting of European […]