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A bit OT but Boris Johnson said : "We have to consider how we can all move away as fast as possible from dependence, reliance, on Russian hydrocarbons, Russian
by wiz21c 5y ago
A bit OT but Boris Johnson said : "We have to consider how we can all move away as fast as possible from dependence, reliance, on Russian hydrocarbons, Russian oil and gas. "
Which I understand as : governments don't know what to do to get cheap oil from any producer (us, opec) so they'll remove a bit of the imports from Russia and explain to us that if the price of fuel is higher, it's all because they have to leave Putin.
(in other words, they're going to screw us big time)
- makomk 5y agoGovernments do know what they needed to do: mostly, they needed the EU to have begun reducing its dependence on Russian natural gas years ago, whilst instead they increased it. (The UK isn't particularly dependendent on fossil fuels from Russia directly but buys from the same global markets as the countries which are.) This is not particularly popular to talk about, especially given who was pushing for them to do that at the time and what the European reaction was...
- otterley 5y agoI think most of us would agree that more expensive oil for a little while is an acceptable sacrifice to help people be free from tyranny.