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bremidon t1_j2cyq8m wrote

Germany checking in here. Forget it. Europe talks a big game, but they'll happily reclassify anything as "green" or "sustainable" if it suits them.

Considering that we have just lost all our cheap energy for industry, expect that Europe will be a little more...practical...when it comes to where energy comes from in the near future.

It's nice to protect our environment and our climate. But if a country is threatened with mass unemployment, then the environment becomes a petty distraction. If you don't think that Europe is facing mass unemployment, keep in mind that we have basically no aluminum coming in, no steel being produced, and the entire petrochemical industry is stalled out because natural gas is limited.

All of this shows that we should have been moving away from Russian Gas a long time ago (perhaps to hydrogen), but the unfortunate fact is we need solutions *now*. Look for some unpleasant compromises to be made.

TL;DR: Europe is not in a very good position to maintain a strict environmental policy.

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Shakespurious t1_j2dra2z wrote

The last I checked natural gas and petrol are both pretty cheap in Germany.

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