But in Germany they still want more gas and oil. Because we have traitors as political leaders in govt.
this post was submitted on 30 Mar 2026
140 points (99.3% liked)
Europe
10765 readers
1444 users here now
News and information from Europe πͺπΊ
(Current banner: La Mancha, Spain. Feel free to post submissions for banner images.)
Rules (2024-08-30)
- This is an English-language community. Comments should be in English. Posts can link to non-English news sources when providing a full-text translation in the post description. Automated translations are fine, as long as they don't overly distort the content.
- No links to misinformation or commercial advertising. When you post outdated/historic articles, add the year of publication to the post title. Infographics must include a source and a year of creation; if possible, also provide a link to the source.
- Be kind to each other, and argue in good faith. Don't post direct insults nor disrespectful and condescending comments. Don't troll nor incite hatred. Don't look for novel argumentation strategies at Wikipedia's List of fallacies.
- No bigotry, sexism, racism, antisemitism, islamophobia, dehumanization of minorities, or glorification of National Socialism. We follow German law; don't question the statehood of Israel.
- Be the signal, not the noise: Strive to post insightful comments. Add "/s" when you're being sarcastic (and don't use it to break rule no. 3).
- If you link to paywalled information, please provide also a link to a freely available archived version. Alternatively, try to find a different source.
- Light-hearted content, memes, and posts about your European everyday belong in other communities.
- Don't evade bans. If we notice ban evasion, that will result in a permanent ban for all the accounts we can associate with you.
- No posts linking to speculative reporting about ongoing events with unclear backgrounds. Please wait at least 12 hours. (E.g., do not post breathless reporting on an ongoing terror attack.)
- Always provide context with posts: Don't post uncontextualized images or videos, and don't start discussions without giving some context first.
(This list may get expanded as necessary.)
Posts that link to the following sources will be removed
- on any topic: Al Mayadeen, brusselssignal:eu, citjourno:com, europesays:com, Breitbart, Daily Caller, Fox, GB News, geo-trends:eu, news-pravda:com, OAN, RT, sociable:co, any AI slop sites (when in doubt please look for a credible imprint/about page), change:org (for privacy reasons), archive:is,ph,today (their JS DDoS websites)
- on Middle-East topics: Al Jazeera
- on Hungary: Euronews
Unless they're the only sources, please also avoid The Sun, Daily Mail, any "thinktank" type organization, and non-Lemmy social media (incl. Substack). Don't link to Twitter directly, instead use xcancel.com. For Reddit, use old:reddit:com
(Lists may get expanded as necessary.)
Ban lengths, etc.
We will use some leeway to decide whether to remove a comment.
If need be, there are also bans: 3 days for lighter offenses, 7 or 14 days for bigger offenses, and permanent bans for people who don't show any willingness to participate productively. If we think the ban reason is obvious, we may not specifically write to you.
If you want to protest a removal or ban, feel free to write privately to the admin that applied the rule (check modlog first to find who was it.)
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Every. Single. Thing. Ever. Happening. Since. 1973. Strengthens. The. Case. For. Renewables.
(Except Harambe's death. That was a galactic tragedy without implications for renewables.)
Iβm not gonna sit here and let you say that Martin Scorseseβs masterpiece Goodfellas was a case for renewables. It wasnβt a case against them because it was a mob movie set mostly before 1973 but the point stands!
You just wait until Scorsese releases Goodfellas 2 - then it will have proven to be renewable! π
There has never been a stronger case for anything in our lifetimes than the case for renewables.
Looking for O&G is looking for trouble. It's always been the case. So avoid O&G as much as you can.
Get the car industry to fall in line. They're the ones who keep the fossil fuel addiction going. Or go around them, go for public transit, rail, buses, and bicycles.
More for the later myself. Though in the middle of the USA there's still going to be vehicles and likely fossil fueled ones for a long time. We literally are still developing infrastructure for charging stations.
Why buy oil when the sun is free
Please call it Israel war instead
No, because that's not what DW used as headline.
It's a sign of their bias, yes, but removing it is "editing" the article in a sense.
It's not a sign of their bias (which might or might not exist), it's just how we name wars: Vietnam War, Afghanistan War, Kosovo War, Ukraine War, Afghanistan war (again, this time with another aggressor, but still named after the attacked party)...
Calling it "Israel War" would just be wrong, because neither is Israel the one who's being attacked, nor are Israel's girls elementary schools being turned into rubble.
Ok, that's a good argument, however I'm throwing a new one into the ring myself: I think the "LocationX War" naming schema should not be used.
Compare it to naming diseases after (supposed) places of origins such as the Spanish flue. In contrast, Coronavirus disease 2019 was explicitly named after the virus to avoid mixing cause and location. Which of course didn't stop people like Trump to call it China flue anyway, but we digress ...
Partially this schema is used already. I.e. "The American War for Independence" is a war initiated by the people of the soon-to-be USA against their colonial sovereign Great Britain caused by a wish for independence. So IMO same as with diseases the name should derive from the cause, not from the location. Therefore, better alternatives to "the Iran war" are:
- The war in Iran
- The US-Israel war
- The US-Israel war in Iran
- The nuclear disarmament war (if you go by official US statements *cough cough*)
Therefore, better alternatives to "the Iran war" are:
- ...
- The US-Israel war in Iran
How about "US-Israel war with Iran", which they already use. But in a headline you want to be short and concise. If you write "the Iran war" today, everyone knows which war you mean and who started it, there's no need to repeat it in every headline. For the same reason they write about "renewables" instead of "renewable energies such as wind, water, biomass and solar power" and they write about "energy crisis" instead of "oil and oil-product supply crisis". Because
How the US-Israel war in Iran oil and oil product supply crisis caused by the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran in response to the US-Israeli attacks strengthens the case for renewable energies such as wind, water and biomass which some countries in Europe already produce a lot of
is not a good headline.
Makes sense. DW is German and consuming to anything related to Israel in the mainstream German media landscape drives you insane very quickly. You think our press is stellar compared to most places but itβs a bizzaro world when it comes to the near east. The lies and double think is unbearable.
What's worse is all of it is supposed to be free from influence as it is paid individuals directly. But instead all Public media is Germany when talking about Israel, literally parrots Israeli govt propaganda, especially in German outlets.
But it's Iran's fault!
They should have kept their children away from Iran's (America's) weapons!
/s
I've adjusted the title
Nice, i would have complained if you only put Israel, because this is very much a US war. Without the US this war would have been over instantly.