Or we could generate electricity with nuclear, solar, wind, and hydropower.

Well, that's exactly what we're doing.

The sooner EU gets away from fossil fuels we do not have (except NO I suppose), the better for everyone.

Sure, at some as yet to be determined time in the future, gas may be supplanted by electricity, and even replace it entirely. Right now gas is still king in Europe, and most residential energy use is just heating homes.

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...