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sylfy t1_j9jbduq wrote

Reply to comment by Thalornios in Russian President Vladimir Putin unwittingly accelerated the European Union’s green transition with his war in Ukraine, with the 27-nation bloc reducing its dependency on Russian fossil fuels and increasing its renewable energy use over the past year, the EU’s climate czar said Tuesday. by MrGuttFeeling

Frans Timmermans, first of his name, protector of the penguins, breaker of big oil, the unburner.

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bubbleyum92 t1_j9jb9i4 wrote

Reply to comment by somuchstrange in Strangers Befriend Man with Down Syndrome After Mom Offers to Pay Someone to Spend Time with Him: 'Heaven' by afterburners_engaged

Oh wow that's a bummer! We recently visited Seattle for a few days and loved it. I actually had a nice convo in line for a donut place which was definitely unusual haha

Yes, I've heard the condescending "transplants" term a lot. I get why people are afraid of outsiders ruining their cities, but it's just inevitable that people are going to move there. I mean, when I left AR we were having our own influx of transplants (although they're usually called Yankees back home lol) and I have no idea why people would want to live there! But it's easy to see why people would be drawn to places like Portland and Seattle.

Seeing all the BLM and pride flags in almost every business or home was pretty cool, though. They're good people just not very social. Hell, I'm that way most of the time lol

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patmax17 t1_j9j79wl wrote

Reply to comment by dcdttu in Russian President Vladimir Putin unwittingly accelerated the European Union’s green transition with his war in Ukraine, with the 27-nation bloc reducing its dependency on Russian fossil fuels and increasing its renewable energy use over the past year, the EU’s climate czar said Tuesday. by MrGuttFeeling

Also took a freaking pandemic to have employers implement smart working, I wonder what will be the next catastrophe that pushes forward a big improvement for humanity?

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rzpogi t1_j9j6gi9 wrote

Reply to Russian President Vladimir Putin unwittingly accelerated the European Union’s green transition with his war in Ukraine, with the 27-nation bloc reducing its dependency on Russian fossil fuels and increasing its renewable energy use over the past year, the EU’s climate czar said Tuesday. by MrGuttFeeling

Tbh, Vladimir Putin did more helping transition the world away from fossil fuels within 1 year rather that yapper Greta Thunberg will ever do. Unfortunately it comes with the price of millions of people and property in Ukraine and Russia.

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fatbunyip t1_j9j5tq4 wrote

Reply to comment by Alastair_Campbell in Russian President Vladimir Putin unwittingly accelerated the European Union’s green transition with his war in Ukraine, with the 27-nation bloc reducing its dependency on Russian fossil fuels and increasing its renewable energy use over the past year, the EU’s climate czar said Tuesday. by MrGuttFeeling

From the Oxford dictionary:

Czar : an official whose job is to advise the government on policy in a particular area

It's a perfectly acceptable use of the word, and is very common. It has nothing to do with whether they have absolute authority or not.

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SlouchyGuy t1_j9j4ng0 wrote

Reply to comment by RawSteelUT in Russian President Vladimir Putin unwittingly accelerated the European Union’s green transition with his war in Ukraine, with the 27-nation bloc reducing its dependency on Russian fossil fuels and increasing its renewable energy use over the past year, the EU’s climate czar said Tuesday. by MrGuttFeeling

For Putin, not Russia, Russia is in the worst condition since probably Civil War after World War I

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Alastair_Campbell t1_j9j435g wrote

Reply to comment by fatbunyip in Russian President Vladimir Putin unwittingly accelerated the European Union’s green transition with his war in Ukraine, with the 27-nation bloc reducing its dependency on Russian fossil fuels and increasing its renewable energy use over the past year, the EU’s climate czar said Tuesday. by MrGuttFeeling

Responsibility but not absolute authority. Climate..

  • secretary

  • minister

  • envoy

  • delegate

  • consul

  • ambassador

  • plenipotentiary

  • lieutenant

..would be more appropriate.

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Jacob_MacAbre t1_j9j3qe7 wrote

Reply to Russian President Vladimir Putin unwittingly accelerated the European Union’s green transition with his war in Ukraine, with the 27-nation bloc reducing its dependency on Russian fossil fuels and increasing its renewable energy use over the past year, the EU’s climate czar said Tuesday. by MrGuttFeeling

I do find it wonderfully ironic that the things Putin/ Russia feared, such as the loss of the fossil fuel market, the irrelevancy of Russia on the international stage and the 'advance' of NATO, all came to pass FASTER because he foolishly invaded Ukraine.

Now he's got a re-militarising NATO (which now has even more member states), those same nations abandoning Fossil Fuels as fast as they can practically do so and Russia is pretty much a pariah state at this point... AND a staggering loss of war materiel, international prestige and, most tragic of all, something like a few tens of thousands dead Russians.

As thin as it is when it comes to this war, there is some silver linings here. I just hope that, once Ukraine has repulsed Russia, they can join NATO, the EU and get help rebuilding their nation.

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vasya349 t1_j9j3jz5 wrote

Reply to comment by michael_bgood in Russian President Vladimir Putin unwittingly accelerated the European Union’s green transition with his war in Ukraine, with the 27-nation bloc reducing its dependency on Russian fossil fuels and increasing its renewable energy use over the past year, the EU’s climate czar said Tuesday. by MrGuttFeeling

It’s just a very old shorthand term in American politics for an official who coordinates policy on a certain issue. This can be seen in how the word is the archaic spelling of tsar instead of the new one.

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vasya349 t1_j9j355e wrote

Reply to comment by HumanStruggle8295 in Russian President Vladimir Putin unwittingly accelerated the European Union’s green transition with his war in Ukraine, with the 27-nation bloc reducing its dependency on Russian fossil fuels and increasing its renewable energy use over the past year, the EU’s climate czar said Tuesday. by MrGuttFeeling

It’s AP news, an American paper. Czar refers to an official who coordinates policy on an issue for the government.

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lean_joe t1_j9j2lpa wrote

Reply to Russian President Vladimir Putin unwittingly accelerated the European Union’s green transition with his war in Ukraine, with the 27-nation bloc reducing its dependency on Russian fossil fuels and increasing its renewable energy use over the past year, the EU’s climate czar said Tuesday. by MrGuttFeeling

“Green” transition lol. There’s nothing remotely “green” about this transition, it’s just more exploitation of natural resources.

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girkkens t1_j9j2cd3 wrote

Reply to Russian President Vladimir Putin unwittingly accelerated the European Union’s green transition with his war in Ukraine, with the 27-nation bloc reducing its dependency on Russian fossil fuels and increasing its renewable energy use over the past year, the EU’s climate czar said Tuesday. by MrGuttFeeling

He didn't really think this war through. Once the EU is running on mostly renewable energy (may take a few years), Russia will basically lose the last reason anybody even considered them as a player on global scale. Even before the war Russia was laughable from an economic view. Without anybody wanting their natural resources they will be insignificant. Well done Putin.

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magicsonar t1_j9j1gko wrote

Reply to Russian President Vladimir Putin unwittingly accelerated the European Union’s green transition with his war in Ukraine, with the 27-nation bloc reducing its dependency on Russian fossil fuels and increasing its renewable energy use over the past year, the EU’s climate czar said Tuesday. by MrGuttFeeling

Sadly for the planet though Europe dramatically increased imports of American LNG to replace the Russian gas, and American LNG is one of the dirtiest sources of gas available. It has far higher emissions on extraction (uses fracking) than the Russian gas. So it will take a huge renewable energy push to make this a net gain for the planet. Let's hope it really does lead to a vastly accelerated roll out of renewable energy.

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