I personally think its a false dichotomy. Either way, we need to fight for our own interests more and harder. It would already be a bless if Europeans would start from that position more instead of being stuck in this hypocrisy misogyny. All countries and governments are hugely hypocritical.
Lees ook graag verdieping. Die mist ook bij hernieuwbaar artikelen vaak helaas. Denk dat we t eens zijn dat we zo hernieuwbaar en snel mogelijk naar stabiele energiemix moeten. En dus dat we tegelijkertijd moeten werken om noodsituaties op te vangen, hier hoort nadenken over gasreserves bij.
Journalistieke bias is niet makkelijk te vatten. Redactiekeuzes kunnen alle kanten opgaan waar fossiel vs hernieuwbaar niet direct in zit: hoeveel effect heeft actualiteit op de maatschappij? waar t meest over wordt gesproken? Waar wordt op gezocht?
Gasprijs het hoogst in 1 jaar is PR voor fossiel? 🫠 Ik snap de vluchtige drang om alles met 'gas' neer te sabelen, maar linkse stemmen gaan te snel over in journalistiek ondermijnen, vergelijkbaar met 'wappies' aan de andere kant van het hek. En: TNO adviezen zouden we serieus over moeten praten.
Nog beter is alle hens aan dek voor breed beleid en uitvoering op zowel gas(reserves) én maximale energietransitie. 💪 'Volle inzet' is misleidend en gevaarlijk ben ik bang.
Its a specific Defense sector where EU companies could excel quickly IF they want to + get funding and support for it. Sea drones, Air-to-Sea drones and Sea-to-Air-to-Sea drones (motherships) to hunt mines and blocking mine layers altogether. It would also give us geopolitical leverage.
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Huge risks all around us on the short and medium term. One source of optimism: Shock therapy is the only productive option in European change management.
On top of that, what distinguishes honorable countries from the likes of Putin’s war-crimes-regime is to investigate, take responsibility, and apologize for serious mistakes, not blatantly lie about them.
We kunnen in cirkels discussiëren over het veroordelen van anderen, maar we zouden meer tijd moeten stoppen in wat onze eigen posities hebben bijgedragen aan de situatie en wat we met deze posities moeten doen.
Dit is het soort standpunten waarop maatschappij, journalistiek en social media meer moeten richten: Wat is onze Europese/NLse achtergrond in deze situatie en wat kunnen we leren en vertalen naar acties?
Horrible situation and something neutral countries should not ignore, also for their own good. Something you have been reading about too @mobinkarami.bsky.social ?
👀. Haha, are you trying to see if you can get some fights here on Bsky? 😆
Please tell me you have a plan, @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu . We cant completely ignore these signs and hoping it will turn out alright.
Russia launched a mass overnight strike on Ukraine, targeting rail and energy. Kharkiv: 4 killed after a missile hit an apartment building. Ukrzaliznytsia rerouted trains in Rivne, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr. Kalibrs targeted Dniester HPP; ballistics mostly at Kyiv, but Kharkiv hit hardest.
Terrorist Hungary has kidnapped seven Ukrainians in a standard bank convoy transporting $85 million in gold and cash from Austria to Ukraine. The Hungarians are holding Ukraine and the money hostage.
Why the hell is Hungary still part of the EU or NATO?
🤣 Good times.
😂😆. Religion = Fake news. It should have no place in politics.
such as structure - in turbulent times - could even be a unique selling point.
That fish is too big already. A joint venture where IP is somehow shared and with one part in Europe another in US and perhaps one in Japan for example, that could work. Though will be quite challenging in legal terms as well as in convincing these companies while they're focused on speed.
When making such a hefty statement, might as well post the evidence we have so for to back this up a little bit @sethabramson.bsky.social? It would be pretty wild for Israel even to do this.
Je kunt geopolitiek negeren.., t negeert ons niet. Leiderschap is meer dan luisteren. tis ook uitleggen dat het volstorten niet alleen kostbaar is, maar ook uitnodiging kan zijn NL/EU te chanteren en zelfs verleidend werkt om andere energie-infra te saboteren. Rusland/China/VS zijn nog niet klaar
"Weirdly, Iranian embassy in Pretoria notified us, Ukrainian diplomats, about opening a book of condolences in memory of ayatollah Khamenei and the military leadership of Iran.
I decided to respond - and do it in a public way. The letter explains why." 👇 (Olexander Sherba)
Maybe we should reset this thread. I applaud both the initiative and healthy scepticism 😆.
This mirrors my thinking, which has been going back and forth between scenarios of catastrophic success, catastrophic failure and Trump's dumb luck since Saturday morning.
Thnks. but I fear Europe at large is more dependent on Gulf directly or indirectly?
Voor. Maar gaat TNO ook in op NIMBY in het kader van het opschalen van duurzame energiesystemen en de veranderende positie van China, welke zich voorbereidt op een oorlog met Taiwan en alvast bezig is met afknijpen van (on)verwerkte grondstoffen? Maw, is er een industriebeleid voor deze visie?
I agree our position isn't particularly strong but imo it doesn't have to be as weak as you are suggesting either. But the reality is more close to what you are saying indeed, I fear.
😅. Long term logic is quickly turning into crisis logic, often we are better at that.
To put it simple, do Europeans get anything in return for helping out? I don't see UAE or Bahrein or Saudi helping Ukraine. And US also not anymore. Will that change? Also Europe should make US send their promised Def shipment to Taiwan, to prevent even more war.
