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Peyton being flagged, I can't directly respond. But the expressed sentiment (There is nothing the politician can do) happens regular enough that I want to resp
by hyperman1 3y ago
Peyton being flagged, I can't directly respond. But the expressed sentiment (There is nothing the politician can do) happens regular enough that I want to respond.
Flanders is a small region, and climate change is so huge and multi facetted that no nation on its own can do it. Its the ultimate case of death by a thousand papercuts.
But we are a rich region with a lot of industry and research. We should be able to develop and deploy partial solutions locally. In fact, we should be able to get richer by exporting these solutions.
We're also owning Antwerp, one of the biggest ports in Europe, so we partially decide what Europe does or doesn't buy. Brussels is next to our border and a lot of us work there. Flanders has an outsized impact on the EU. We could put our thumbs on that scale if we wanted.