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Melon

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2. I don't see this as going anything against the green deal.

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Thu Jul 31, 2025, 10:58 AM

Jul 31

This is replacing energy purchases that are largely coming from Russia. Countries like Germany are still well down the green energy road, but they don’t have the infrastructure to store enough energy during peaks to cover everything. They need a safety net of energy that includes gas and nuclear.

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EU further abandons its Green Deal with pledge to buy US energy [View all] Celerity Jul 31 OP

Get off fossil fuels!! OrlandoDem2 Jul 31 #1

I don't see this as going anything against the green deal. Melon Jul 31 #2

Lucie Pinson, director of the NGO Reclaim Finance, also saw in this "a disastrous signal" in terms of the fight against Celerity Jul 31 #3

They are already importing that NG now. Melon Jul 31 #4

We (I live in the EU) need to greatly reduce fossil fuel consumption (as do all nations), not just switch our suppliers. Celerity Jul 31 #5

They aren't going to buy $750 billion in oil and gas NickB79 Jul 31 #6

Natural Gas and coal and are not at export capacity for the US Melon Jul 31 #7

The trade agreement with the EU is a bad deal. thought crime Aug 1 #8