Wait until it gets cold and peoples resolves actually get tested. Those protests would turn into people begging to turn the gas on. If you don’t live in a place that actually has winter, you just won’t understand. I lived all summer without a/c, it was fine with the occasional cold shower. But no heat is absolutely miserable and deadly in a real winter.
Full reserves is not equal capacity covering whole winter. 40% reserves in one country can be more than 100% reserves per capita in other country since each country has different capacity and consumption and these reserves per capita vary a lot.