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> What really changed is the Russia-Ukraine war, this goes with higher energy and higher food prices Green transformation is the real cause of high energy and

• andrepd 4y ago
  Lol, very much in the contrary. Had the EU invested heavily in a proper Green New Deal (in ~2010-11 for example, around the time recovery was needed, instead of implementing austerity), we would have robust economic growth instead of a decade of stagnation, and near complete independence of Russian oil and gas, so much so that we could turn the taps off on 24/Feb and suffer only mild consequences.
  • chewz 4y ago
    > Had the EU invested heavily in a proper Green New Deal (in ~2010-11 for example Meantime in the real world in 2021 EU made strategic decisions that guaranteed high food and energy prices for next couple of years and made Putin think that he has a window of when Eu is completely at his mercy. (Putin made a mistake short term. Long term he surely forced EU's hand to go for alternative sources of energy).