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> The danger is, when you have less energy, your industries move to countries where they can consume/emit, and you become a vassal state of those countries. "J
by riffraff 4y ago
> The danger is, when you have less energy, your industries move to countries where they can consume/emit, and you become a vassal state of those countries.
"Just" add carbon tariffs, which is what the eu was planning to do on steel, for example.
- pgeorgi 4y ago"Planning to do" sounds like it won't happen. https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/green-taxation-0/carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism_en https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/green-taxation-0/carbo... gives October 2023 as a start date.
- riffraff 4y agothanks, I only used the past because I remember this was in the works but did not follow the development. Glad to know it is in force already.