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From a geopolitical aspect I think this is perhaps the most significant leverage the "west" has over Russian military adventurism Russia is a petrostate, so th
by jseliger 7y ago
From a geopolitical aspect I think this is perhaps the most significant leverage the "west" has over Russian military adventurism
Russia is a petrostate, so the most significant leverage we could have over them is electric vehicles and, ideally, appropriate carbon taxes. Nuclear power would probably be #2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21992958 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21992958
- woodandsteel 7y agoCorrect, Russia is going to decline radically in the next few decades due to renewable energy, and none of Putin's geopolitical adventurism is going to alter that fact.
- anticodon 7y agoRussia is the leader in nuclear energy which is the only viable green energy source at the moment.