Nearly 60% of EU LNG imports come from the USA. If Trump doesn't like Canada to cuddle with the EU, then it won't happen.

This is all a big pain in the back.

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fidotron an hour ago | parent | next [-]

The LNG won't come from Canada either. Trudeau notoriously said "there's no business case" for it, but the truth is they can't agree with how to actually get enough of it to the east coast to make a difference, and that's what blocks it. (In fairness the route does go through some very unique environments).

Canadian provinces have a far bigger ability to screw things up for the whole than countries do inside the EU, and people remotely familiar with the EU will understand what a strong statement that is.

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jonapro an hour ago | parent | next [-]

If by screw things up you mean retain some level of governance then yes... Canada is a confederation, not a federation.

	▲	post-it 29 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Canada is definitionally a federation.

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post-it 28 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Where there's a will, there's a way. There hasn't been a will until now.

	▲	fidotron 9 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The only "way" involves greasing the palms of every special interest group in the way until they have successfully accounted for the whole potential revenue of the intended enterprise, and that's what blocked everything repeatedly. I'm in Quebec and very familiar with the exact territory this has applied to wrt getting resources out on the east coast, and unless someone was willing to rule by decree to bypass all those entrenched groups it's not happening, and we all know why such decrees would not happen as well.

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N_Lens an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Good thing EU is investing heavily in renewables then.

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altern8 an hour ago | parent [-]

Those wind turbines are destroying the scenery, though.

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_ink_ 36 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Not as much as 4°C temperature increase will do.

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RugnirViking an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

only if you're weird and think they dont look lovely?

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altern8 an hour ago | parent [-]

Why, do you like them?

Solar panels are even worse. Here in Poland they're covering entire fields in the countryside, I have no idea why they don't build them on parking lots or on factory roofs.

	▲	desterothx 13 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Yes I have no problems with them looks-wise. They don't build them on parking lots/factory roofs because of efficiency. Good solar panels follow the sun, which isnt really a mechanism practical to setup in a parking lot. maintenance is also a lot easier if you have one field generating a gigawatt of power vs having to service 20 parking lots that generate a gigawatt of power. Also obviously the land itself is cheaper in the countryside. Renewables are operating on relatively thing margins profitability wise, so you really want to make the juice worth the squeeze (the main value being sovereignty from other countries as discussed in the thread)
	▲	RugnirViking 18 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		of course. Ive not met a person that doesn't like them, either. I love hiking and have travelled pretty wide across europe. Solar panels are similarly lovely to see. I'd just as rather see them than a uniform field of corn or maize or somesuch thing. I can't understand the mindset that objects to such things? is it just a straight up childish nimby "I don't want ANYTHING to be built" or would you prefer natural gas+coal power plants ? or any other built structures for that matter (I think they are better than concrete buildings etc - they are white tree-like things, thin with smooth curved surfaces, or rows of curious purple and black panels swiveling to face the sun)

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ohyoutravel an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Exactly. I prefer seeing pumpjacks and hydrofracking equipment, just like all red blooded capitalists.

	▲	altern8 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I've never seen a pumpjack nor any hydrofracking equipment. I have seen a few capitalists but I can't be positive they were red-blooded ones (whatever that means).

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hengistbury 41 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Petro-states are destroying their trust as they try desperately to cling on to the power fossil fuels have given them. Thankfully this makes renewables even more attractive than just their lower cost.