Norway’s energy minister says country has a ‘responsibility’ to address shortfalls caused by wars in Ukraine and Middle East
  • Bob@feddit.orgEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Would you rather have your oil and gas from the US, Russia, or the Middle East? The EU is still reliant on oil and gas at the moment, and Norway is the EU’s most reliable supplier by a mile. You should work hard to become energy independent, but that can’t happen over night.

    • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      The EU is still reliant on oil and gas at the moment

      Despite having had a literal lifetime to change that.

      • Bob@feddit.orgEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Strategic autonomy didn’t seem like a pressing issue to me until Russia invaded the Ukraine, to be honest. I’m sure a large part of the population has been similarly complacent.

        • RalfWausE_der_zwote@feddit.orgEnglish
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          2 days ago

          Reliance on soviet / russian gas and oil wasn’t a bug, it was a feature designed with the thought that it will stabilise relations. Of course, nobody has envisioned the stupidity of current russian leadership, soooo…

          • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
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            2 days ago

            nobody has envisioned the stupidity of current russian leadership

            In 1997, George F. Kennan (the architect of Cold War containment) deplored enlargement as “the most fateful error of American policy in the entire post-Cold War era,” warning it would inflame Russian nationalism, empower hardliners, and inevitably precipitate conflict along Russia’s borders

            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_opposition_to_NATO_enlargement

    • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      You should work hard to become energy independent, but that can’t happen over night.

      The only thing holding back alternative energy is people refusing to let go of this dogma.