“Japan is telling their people to start conserving power”
Japan is probably the most energy poor major economy, in terms of domestic natural resources. They are critically dependent on imports.
They are going to continue their Natural gas projects on Sakhalin Island and the Russian Far East, even as many other nations have withdrawn from Russian projects.
In a sea change however, since the start of the war in Ukraine this year, they have decided to begin re-developing their nuclear power generation, which was greatly scaled back after the Fukushima disaster in 2011.
“In a sea change however, since the start of the war in Ukraine this year, they have decided to begin re-developing their nuclear power generation, which was greatly scaled back after the Fukushima disaster in 2011.”
Won’t help them this winter, due to our sanctions, but still good to hear. I guess the Greens there aren’t running things (yet).