the common view that the EU is over-regulated and was amplified when it released its AI framework doesn't seem so valid, does it?
At least EU has a body of laws, and not an arbitrary release process.
In any case, one only had to look at the legal costs of operating in the US to know the argument of the land of the free vs EU's byzantine rules was moot.
https://www.government.se/government-policy/nuclear-financing/how-the-support-model-for-financing-new-nuclear-energy-works/
Any other energy source is excluded.
It doesn't matter if they meet the specs.
It has to be nuclear.
Oh and they blocked several offshore windmill fields.
Why? Far right had placated that nuclear was great but after the 2022 election no one wanted to invest to foot the bill. So rather than deal with the reality of modern â/ kWh they rigged the game.
I disagree. Parent is pointing at the crazy losses indured by loss leading rocket and AI investments from the parent evocated company. How is that fundamentally different from loss leading car sales? Were even original F9s launches sold with margin?
Case in point
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/03/24/solar-panels-and-low-carbon-heating-mandated-for-new-homes-in-england/
Lots more on costs, subsidies and constraint if you explore the site. The political consensus in the UK seems to be turning against the so called energy transition. The situation in the Gulf is clarifying minds. The absurdity of the idea that moving to intermittent wind and solar is either possible or is going to increase energy security or reduce energy prices is becoming obvious.
Funny—I’d actually say the opposite is happening. When people keep hearing of how well insulated China’s transport sector is from the ongoing oil crisis, how far ahead it is in the energy transition, and how quickly it continues to ramp up that transition, the picture they form is quite different.
Every EV is less oil to import.
Germany is fast progressing on its energy self sufficienc thx to Putin.
https://www.dnv.com/news/2025/germany-set-to-secure-energy-independence-but-narrowly-miss-climate-target/
Add to that the reduced CO2.
Let's not miss that
- US fertility rate in 2025 is China's in 2019
- EU's China's in 2020
West is heading there pronto..
Uranium is not renewable. At least not yet.
Which means it's coming form outside Europe.
Which means, Germany's approach is pretty sound long term for their and EU's balance sheet.
It reached 58% elect. from renewables in 2025. on track for 80% by 2030.
The right's obsession with nuclear baffles me. I thought you guys were all about energy independence?
You mean how he/they produced fake documents to ask a question about a fake problem?
This is well documented, this questionning of the South African delegation is one of the most blatantly made up facts situation.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-makes-false-claims-white-genocide-south-africa-during-ramaphosa-meeting-2025-05-21/
Funny enough Czech's Babis allied with the far right and 'motorists for themselves'.
Letter signed by Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Poland and Slovakia.
I should have added nuance but:
- Germany irrelevant, not a signing member
- Slovakia's Fico is populist, allied to the nationalists and has all the right wing tropes, all the youth in the street, anti EU
- Czech: Andrej BabiÅ is a little Trump, populist, Russian fan etc...
- Poland is my exception here but alas it's on a razor thin majority with PiS crimpling Duda's moves.
I really wish I were wrong.
...to favor EU energy and reduce the primary energy needs. You know all that 'nationalism'.
Yes, the post failed to mention that all countries listed have a far right government.
We should have let consumers choose.
Because consumers were atmosphere chemist experts.
We should also let consumers choose at the hospital what they need because they're doctors.
Ad nauseam....
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-record-solar-growth-keeps-chinas-co2-falling-in-first-half-of-2025/
Quotes:
Coal use in the power industry fell by 3.4% compared with the same period a year earlier, while gas use increased by 6%, resulting in a 3.2% drop in emissions for the sector overall.
The reduction in CO2 emissions from coal use in the power sector is shown at the bottom of the figure below, along with the small rise due to higher gas-fired electricity generation.
So no renewables have started displacing burnt coal for electricity generation. The current worry is that they use coal for chemistry much more now and export it more.
Best summary. I'll reuse it.
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