OREANDA-NEWS. French Economy Minister Bruno Le Mer called on the country's residents to use energy more wisely due to the rapid rise in energy prices. He said this on the air of the BFMTV channel.

“We have to understand that the world has changed. We will need to accelerate the movement towards independence from fossil energy resources,” the minister said.

Earlier it was reported that the price of gas on the stock exchange in Europe for the first time in history exceeded $3,600 per 1,000 cubic meters.

On the morning of March 7, the price of gas on the stock exchange in Europe exceeded $3,000 per thousand cubic meters, before that - $2,600. In general, the cost of gas in Europe since the beginning of trading on March 7 has grown by more than 67%.

Last week, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, announced the impossibility of a momentary replacement of Russian oil and gas exports in the world. He stressed that the leading raw materials suppliers already now need to think about increasing the extraction of minerals.