European Electricity Review 2025

The EU's electricity transition continued at pace in 2024, as solar
overtook coal for the first time and gas declined for the fifth year
in a row.

https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/european-electricity-review-2025/

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On Thu, 23 Jan 2025, JAB wrote:

European Electricity Review 2025

The EU's electricity transition continued at pace in 2024, as solar
overtook coal for the first time and gas declined for the fifth year
in a row.

https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/european-electricity-review-2025/

Hahaha.... then perhaps you have heard of record level electricity prices
all throughout europe this and last winter? And brown outs in the more industrialized countries without nuclear? Or companies leaving germany due
to brown outs and high prices?

Europe is a f*cking disaster and travesty! Can't wait until I retire to
the US!

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On Fri, 24 Jan 2025 10:42:19 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote:

Can't wait until I retire to the US!

AI Overview

"The grass is greener on the other side" means that people often think
other people's situations are better than their own, even if they
aren't, essentially believing that what they don't have seems more
desirable than what they do have; it implies a tendency to envy what
others have and not appreciate what you already possess. =========================

There are many locations I could be content with in US/Europe;

Tina Turner was born in Brownsville, Tennessee, but lived in
Switzerland in her later years. Shania Twain has properties in The
Bahamas, Canada, Las Vegas and Switzerland.

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On Fri, 24 Jan 2025, JAB wrote:

On Fri, 24 Jan 2025 10:42:19 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote:

Can't wait until I retire to the US!

AI Overview

"The grass is greener on the other side" means that people often think
other people's situations are better than their own, even if they
aren't, essentially believing that what they don't have seems more
desirable than what they do have; it implies a tendency to envy what
others have and not appreciate what you already possess. =========================

There are many locations I could be content with in US/Europe;

Tina Turner was born in Brownsville, Tennessee, but lived in
Switzerland in her later years. Shania Twain has properties in The
Bahamas, Canada, Las Vegas and Switzerland.

If you are a socialist, just pick a random country except switzerland and eastern europe, and you'll be a happy camper!

If you are not a socialist, most countries are little hell holes in
europe.

Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, and some eastern european countries
are small, tiny pockets of freedom in a vast sea of socialism.

I'd much rather prefer the US where the almighty dollar does the talking
and the nation is founded on the idea of freedom.

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On Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:12:04 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote:

I'd much rather prefer the US where the almighty dollar does the talking
and the nation is founded on the idea of freedom.

Trump 2.0 does not believe in the concept of your freedom.

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JAB <[email protected]d> writes:

On Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:12:04 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote:

I'd much rather prefer the US where the almighty dollar does the talking
and the nation is founded on the idea of freedom.

Trump 2.0 does not believe in the concept of your freedom.

The MAGA *rhetoric* is about freedom. For the stupid, the ignorant,
the functionally illiterate (US literacy 50% 6th grade or less) and
the perverse (which latter includes, AFAICT, above-quoted D) it means
freedom to do whatever the shpx I want.

Trump 2.0 is about money and power.

For Trump himself, it's primarily about ego, embodied in terms of
money, power and vengeance.


--
Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada

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On Fri, 24 Jan 2025, Mike Spencer wrote:

JAB <[email protected]d> writes:

On Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:12:04 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote:

I'd much rather prefer the US where the almighty dollar does the talking >>> and the nation is founded on the idea of freedom.

Trump 2.0 does not believe in the concept of your freedom.

The MAGA *rhetoric* is about freedom. For the stupid, the ignorant,
the functionally illiterate (US literacy 50% 6th grade or less) and
the perverse (which latter includes, AFAICT, above-quoted D) it means
freedom to do whatever the shpx I want.

Thank you for putting it so beautifully. Doing what ever the shpx I want
is a beautiful illustration of freedom.

Trump 2.0 is about money and power.

For Trump himself, it's primarily about ego, embodied in terms of
money, power and vengeance.

He is our glorious leader and saviour. You will learn to love him in time,
and then you shall realize his greatness! =)

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On Fri, 24 Jan 2025, JAB wrote:

On Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:12:04 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote:

I'd much rather prefer the US where the almighty dollar does the talking
and the nation is founded on the idea of freedom.

Trump 2.0 does not believe in the concept of your freedom.

Of course he does! I have only seen pro-freedom politics since he started. Leaving WHO, seet, Paris accord, bless you, DEI hunts, please!

All congruent with the idea of maximizing freedom and prosperity of the US
and its legal citizens.

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On Fri, 24 Jan 2025 23:24:29 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote:

Trump 2.0 does not believe in the concept of your freedom.

Of course he does!

"Individual Borg rarely speak, although they do send a collective
audio message to their targets, stating that "resistance is futile"

The Borg : Your culture will adapt to service us.

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On 24 Jan 2025 17:43:19 -0400, Mike Spencer
<[email protected]e> wrote:

The MAGA *rhetoric* is about freedom.

How a Dose of MDMA Transformed a White Supremacist

Brendan was once a leader in the US white nationalist movement. But
when he took MDMA in a scientific study, it radically changed his
beliefs - to the surprise of everyone involved.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230614-how-a-dose-of-mdma-transformed-a-white-supremacist

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On Fri, 24 Jan 2025, JAB wrote:

On Fri, 24 Jan 2025 23:24:29 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote:

Trump 2.0 does not believe in the concept of your freedom.

Of course he does!

"Individual Borg rarely speak, although they do send a collective
audio message to their targets, stating that "resistance is futile"

The Borg : Your culture will adapt to service us.

Sorry? Your poetry is getting too abstract! ;)

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On Sat, 25 Jan 2025 11:34:48 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote:

The Borg : Your culture will adapt to service us.

Sorry? Your poetry is getting too abstract! ;)

You haven't noticed how Trump wants others to conform to his
ideations, and his attempts to use 'power' tools upon those who don't
conform?

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On 24 Jan 2025 17:43:19 -0400, Mike Spencer
<[email protected]e> wrote:

embodied in terms of
money, power and vengeance.

His behavior is predictable, and repetitive.

From a dichotomous view, despite his spoken religious speak, he went
ballistic after the Episcopal bishop emphasized a religious doctrine.

I suspect his indebtedness drives his behavior...

I sincerely hope the Senate elects a qualified AG....

Loyalty Above All Else: Pam Bondi Passed Donald Trump's Loyalty Test
To Weaponize The Justice Department

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/dem/releases/loyalty-above-all-else-pam-bondi-passed-donald-trumps-loyalty-test-to-weaponize-the-justice-department

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On Sat, 25 Jan 2025, JAB wrote:

On Sat, 25 Jan 2025 11:34:48 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote:

The Borg : Your culture will adapt to service us.

Sorry? Your poetry is getting too abstract! ;)

You haven't noticed how Trump wants others to conform to his
ideations, and his attempts to use 'power' tools upon those who don't conform?

Ahh, I see. Well, so does any polician. It is kind of the entire point of modern politics. Politics is always a zero sum game, unlike capitalism,
where we are all winners in the long term. =)

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