The hard reality is that Germany is never going to be able to conserve its way out of this.
Nor are Wind and Solar ever going to be able to produce nearly enough energy to meet their needs.
That leaves Coal, Oil, Natural Gas (wherever they can find it) and Nuclear. There are no other choices.
Choose.....and no, I don’t care how much you don’t want to.
The other hard reality is that Putinist Russia will never be a reliable source of energy and Europe needs to move away from that risky partnership.