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Europe has survived 3 energy shocks in 4 years. The only way out is to stop buying power from its enemies | Fortune

https://fortune.com/2026/03/25/europe-3-energy-shocks-in-4-years-what-to-do-next/

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[โ€“] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Trump was driving trade diversification around the world with the idiotic tariffs, and now, with the illegal war against Iran, he's creating a resurgence of interest in renewables and EVs. Exact opposite of what he says he wants but maybe not so bad in the long run.

[โ€“] Prior_Industry@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe he was always a democrat plant ๐Ÿ˜‚

/s

[โ€“] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 1 points 3 hours ago

He definitely has the intelligence of a plant.

[โ€“] sunbytes@lemmy.world 12 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

That's a really positive outlook and I love it.

[โ€“] Bababasti@feddit.org 5 points 16 hours ago

Except that a bunch of people on the other side of the planet are dying because of this.