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| ▲ | cpursley 6 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| You still are, and more than you've sent to help Ukraine. I was mostly talking nuclear power shutdowns btw. Meanwhile, vital German heavy industry has already started shutting down. |
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| ▲ | ExoticPearTree 5 days ago | parent [-] | | > I was mostly talking nuclear power shutdowns btw. There is some confusion here: the issue is not necessarily about pure electrical power alone. You need oil and oil based products for most of the things (plastics, fabrics etc.). |
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| ▲ | properpopper 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| No, but I think that diplomacy layer did a horrible job in stopping that conflict early. They signed the Minsk agreements just to ignore them later |
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| ▲ | bhelkey 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I think what they were referring to Germany phasing out nuclear power. In 2011 Germany had 17 active nuclear power plants. They closed their last one in 2023. |
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| ▲ | ExoticPearTree 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| > Or are you suggesting that we (Europeans) should have continued pumping cash into Russia for a bunch of gas? Unpopular opinion these days, but yes. A government's duty is first and foremost to its citizens. Anyone else comes last. |
