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> they are key objectives for the European security strategy to remove dependence on foreign tyrants and dictators. Lol european security strategy? We switched
by rapsey 8mo ago
> they are key objectives for the European security strategy to remove dependence on foreign tyrants and dictators.
Lol european security strategy? We switched from Russian dependence, to a more expensive US dependence. While also being strongly dependent on middle eastern gas and oil. What the hell kind of strategy is that?
- direwolf20 8mo agoIsn't that precisely why they're trying to phase out fossil fuels?
- rapsey 8mo agoA riddiculous pipe dream just like most EU policies. https://youtube.com/shorts/s0yWk4cJT_I?si=dNXftp8bk3PY6Nfg https://youtube.com/shorts/s0yWk4cJT_I?si=dNXftp8bk3PY6Nfg https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JZY38D3PtF4 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JZY38D3PtF4
- adwn 8mo agoThose are the "sources" you chose to prove your claim? Is this supposed to be a parody?
- direwolf20 8mo agoI'm not clicking on a YouTube link. State your argument yourself.
- rapsey 8mo agoEverything is made out of or requires fossil fuels. From concrete, your clothes, to your food. Phasing out fossil fuels is complete insanity. edit: I cant reply so I will edit. The policies are clearly insanity because EU industrial self immolation does nothing for the rest of the world. Does China, Indonesia, Africa, South America, India give a crap about saving the environment? They sure as hell do not. Most of them throw their trash directly into the ocean. All we do in europe is self harm while the broad problem goes entirely unsolved. How the hell are you going to develop and sell new technology, while destroying our economies at the same time. Complete pipe dream insanity.
- disgruntledphd2 8mo agoInsanity or opportunity? Like, the climate is already messed up, if we want to maintain our species standard of living then we need to move towards a society that emits much much less carbon. If we don't then we'll either go extinct or regress to a level where we use less. Sure, it's gonna really really suck for the next while but there isn't really any other options. As a benefit, if we do this then we can sell the technology to the rest of the world.
- direwolf20 8mo agoWhy doesn't this same argument apply to slave labor?
- saubeidl 8mo ago> Does China, Indonesia, Africa, South America, India give a crap about saving the environment? That's precisely what the border carbon tax is about. They have to now, or their products will be noncompetitive in the worlds largest market.
- PurpleRamen 8mo ago> Everything is made out of or requires fossil fuels. From concrete, your clothes, to your food. Phasing out fossil fuels is complete insanity. That's not true, but ok... > Does China, Indonesia, Africa, South America, India give a crap about saving the environment? Actually, they do. China is the biggest spender on investing in renewable energy-sources and moving away from fossil fuels. Africa and South America are continents, not Countries. And not sure why India or Indonesia are related here? Other than that, I'm not sure if you are a troll, victim of poor sources or paid actor, but your quality of data really sucks.
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- rapsey 8mo agoBecause the source of plastics in the ocean is traced back to those places. What exactly am I wrong on? China is mostly powered by coal and they are still building new coal plants.
- embedding-shape 8mo ago> We switched from Russian dependence, to a more expensive US dependence To be fair, most of us believed the US to be a reliable partner, based on previous track record, but things like that change quickly. So we thought we were changing something cheaper from a hostile entity, to something more expensive from an ally, but turns it we got it wrong, so new direction now.
- rapsey 8mo agoYeah the EU got it wrong. Like they did for pretty much every policy of the last 20 years. edit: Since I can no longer repy I will edit in place: Just the kind of regulation that drives out investment and growth. Now we have no money printing tech giants and our best and brightest work for US companies. But we do have bragging rights with the desktop linux crowd, so that is something.
- embedding-shape 8mo agoYup, clearly making websites and platforms responsible for the data they store and process is absolutely horrible. How is one supposed to make money on selling user data if I have to give notice to the users that this is what I'm doing? Give me laissez faire markets or no market at all!
- ethbr1 8mo agoThe repeated failing of the EU (90s+) was under-appreciation of the economic / political / military pressure that could be brought by constraining key material and energy supplies. If the EU (specifically Germany) had more presciently modeled out Russian foreign policy with a shift to increased EU reliance on Russian natural gas, there were steps it could have taken. E.g. building in a tripwire for territorial invasion with the express responses of cutting Russian gas purchases on day 1, freezing Russian assets and access to European banking, and building storage / LNG terminals Had the EU done this, loudly, Ukraine likely wouldn't have been invaded. The EU's biggest mistake was presuming that everyone took the international order as inviolate as it did. (China, Russia, the US)