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And Russia has unlimited gas. Gas decuples human work, same as IT decuples human brains. I’m worried for Europe. Russia will lack a lot of things, but it’s a r
by eastbound 4y ago
And Russia has unlimited gas. Gas decuples human work, same as IT decuples human brains.
I’m worried for Europe. Russia will lack a lot of things, but it’s a race on natural resources.
- BlueTemplar 4y agoAlso coal. But oil is better than both, and cannot be effectively embargoed for a country as big as Russia. And the Mid to North African pipeline projects will be supercharged now, but how long will they take ? (At least, the first German methane vaporization terminal should be up and running this winter ?) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32052302 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32052302 Finally, not «unlimited» - this shows yet again (and we knew this for nearly 70 years now), that it was foolish to rely medium-term on fossil fuels - only viable if your goal was medium-term survival as a polity against industrialized polities - and I have the suspicion that the oncoming decade of industrial recession and freezing will push public opinion even more towards short-, rather than long-term comfort and survival...