ExternalSeat t1_j2itu0z wrote on January 1, 2023 at 5:42 PM

Reply to comment by BagisBerra in Defying Expectations, EU Carbon Emissions Drop To 30-Year Lows by doyouhavetono

Fair point. I guess my numbers were coming from the UK which is suffering from the biggest self-inflicted crisis in its history.

BagisBerra t1_j2iuvuo wrote on January 1, 2023 at 5:49 PM

Ah. Yes the UK, especially poorer people there, are suffering under the higher gas and electricity prices. This war hit us just as we were phasing out carbon based energy sources, and quite honestly, not that many countries where even close to be self sufficient in their carbon free electricity and heat generation. I happen to be from one of the countries that was self sufficient, and our challenge has been that the Germans (who turned off their nuclear power plants before having a substitute) are bidding for our electricity. So my prices have gone up primarily because of higher bidders in Hamburg 😀 I take a higher bill and helping my fellow Germans any day compared to sucking up to putin though. Even if he "wins" this war, Europe will never again buy from him anywhere close to the quantities we used to. Russia is a gas station with an army, and they will never see as many European customers ever again.

dancingraccoons t1_j2jybza wrote on January 1, 2023 at 10:07 PM

>I take a higher bill and helping my fellow Germans

holy shit it's so refreshing to read someone not feeding the 'divide and conquer' psyop bullshit

BagisBerra t1_j2lrqa4 wrote on January 2, 2023 at 6:52 AM

If anything the west has come together and is stronger in its resolve as a result of putins actions. He wanted to divide us. He got the opposite. It's amazing to see. Take the EU. The sanctions packages. The joint message. The total lack of sucing up to that murderous dictator. Beautiful. If Trump would have been in power I honestly do not know what would have happened. But under Biden we've been able to pull this off. Impressive. Sure, Hungary and Serbia are still on team putin, but they are too small to make a dent in the otherwise aligned democracies of the world. India is neutral, but not really helping putin. Just extremely impressive how alone he is on the world stage, with only dictatorships such as Belarus, Iran and North Korea as his buddies.