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Post #970073

2026-04-03 12:54 UTC

A speech by the EU's Energy Commissioner, Dan Jørgensen, last week. The guy's got a point: https://substack.com/home/post/p-192965852 #iran #iranWar #energy #oil #europe #eu

Replies (6)

  • @europeanspodcast@mastodon.social It's not the general population that must learn. It's those in power that profit when fossil fuel prices rise.

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  • @proscience@toot.community 2026-04-03 13:37

    @europeanspodcast@mastodon.social Depends on what his proposed "solutions" are.

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  • @dacig@mastodon.social 2026-04-03 14:59

    @europeanspodcast@mastodon.social Price control should be the first option, taxes on super-earnings like they have in Spain.

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  • @Npars01@mstdn.social 2026-04-03 16:01

    @europeanspodcast@mastodon.social Switching to solar & wind and other renewable energy means an economy that's not held hostage by petrostate despots & oil oligarchs. Agency. Autonomy. Sovereignty. Stability. Climate action. Peace. This is what the globe gets from a fossil fuel phase out. Resist the economic warfare of Koch Network & its allies Russia & Saudi Arabia. https://www.renewablematter.eu/en/us-fossil-fuel-lobbyists-infiltrate-eu-parliament-dismantle-green-deal https://www.desmog.com/2025/03/14/heritage-foundation-project-2025-allies-mcc-ordo-iuris-discuss-dismantling-the-eu-european-union/ https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/right-wing-push-to-dismantle-the-eu-heritage-foundations-private-workshop/ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/21/magazine/heritage-foundation-kevin-roberts.html https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-dangers-of-project-2025-global-lessons-in-authoritarianism/

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  • @soaproot@sfba.social 2026-04-03 19:04

    @europeanspodcast@mastodon.social What was the next part of the speech? What does he want us to learn? (What I want everyone to learn has a lot to do with wind, solar, and batteries, but I might just be preaching to the choir on that here)

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  • @europeanspodcast@mastodon.social Great communication and indeed a good point. What should we learn though? Energy and markets are so complex with plenty of trade-offs and downstream effects that contingencies must be considered, as we replace fossil fuels. Shall I ask AI? 😉

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