s. besson joe biden is going off to president vladimir potentate, most lucrative industry. we're banning all in ports of russian oil and gas in energy. that means russian oil no longer be accessible us porch and american people were deal another powerful blow to pull information by to acknowledge the latest sanctions could push up us gas prices. consumers are already paying on average more than $4.00 a gallon up from $2.77 just a year ago, due to high inflation. as the economy recovers from the pandemic. but it's europe that will feel the effect of moving away from russian energy more acutely than the us. the european union imports 27 percent of its oil and 40 percent of its gas from russia. the block plans to cut its dependency on russian gas by 2 thirds this year todd todd. but it's possible if we're willing to go further and faster than we've done before. but experts say this position will mean difficult compromises. they'll have to be additional use of nuclear, which is supposed be phased out in certain countries though i'd be more call use, which won't help climate goa