Thomas Sturm
I very much hope that stupid fucking Trump blowing up the Persian Gulf will finally push a lot of countries that have been sitting on the fence to finally invest in renewables like they should have done twenty years ago.
Mar 20 at 5:00amWeb
Show threadcamo Mar 20
@tsturm Japan has to mull it over first
Show threadThomas SturmMar 20

@soycamo Sky-high fuel prices will maybe finally get people to stop idling their cars in the konbini parking lots.

I don't ask for much.

Show threadIvan Sagalaev Mar 20
@tsturm Russo-Ukrainian war has finally pushed Europe to invest seriously into jumping off Russian gas. I guess that's the only way geopolitics really works.
Show threadThomas SturmMar 20
@isagalaev And even that wasn't enough to get the Germans to actually sit down and think. They just went and started buying their gas in other places. So frustrating.
Show threadIvan Sagalaev Mar 20
@tsturm *sigh*
Show threadデイヴMar 20

@tsturm you mean like they did 6y ago, when the pandemic threatened global trade, or 3y ago, when Russia’s war on Ukraine made the price of gas skyrocket?

I think it’s time to accept that the leadership in most large economies is completely incompetent and thinking at best 2 news cycles ahead.

Show threadThomas SturmMar 20

@deivudesu Yes... the incompetence is everywhere.

It's incredible that the simple concept "Sun and Wind are free" somehow is not easy enough to understand.

Show threadデイヴMar 20
@tsturm The saddest part is that I suspect it has more to do with self-interest and shortsightedness, than actual incompetence (although I'm sure there's some of that).