Jenny Chase

Whoa, from European Commssion President von der Leyen.

"We have completely got rid of our dependency on Russian fossil fuels. It went much faster than we expected... So we have the possibility to redirect or reorient the additional funding of REPowerEU – ≈€250 billion – to our net-zero industries."

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/STATEMENT_23_521

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Show threadChris AdamsFeb 2, 2023

@solar_chase holy balls, *that’s* where the money came from? It was cash that would have otherwise been earmarked for spending on gas? That is mind blowing if so.

A quarter of a trillion spondoolicks - wow!

(Sigh, there are no good native colloquial names for the euro)

Show threadFoodiesaurus ReginaFeb 3, 2023
@solar_chase you can see why the #UK #Tories don’t want any part of that noise. No profit to Big Oil in it.
Show threadJonathan Baker-BatesFeb 5, 2023
@solar_chase Sauce: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/STATEMENT_23_521
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Show threadNemo_bis 🌈Feb 5, 2023
@solar_chase Net zero industries like Shell with its shady offsets probably. :)
Show threadDoug BostromFeb 6, 2023

@solar_chase

Heh.

"Oops."

[Or more appropriately "пиздец."]