• sbv@sh.itjust.works
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    16 hours ago

    French climate envoy, said it went further than the country’s national plan under the Paris agreement. For decades, nuclear power has supplied most of France’s electricity and this will be supplemented by an increase in renewables. “This process has made us realise we want to be an electro-superpower,” said Faraco. “We want to be the electricity Saudi Arabia of Europe, selling green electrons to the UK, Ireland, Germany and other countries.”

    Fuck yeah, eurobros.

  • TheHighRoad@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    TIL that capitalism didn’t exist before we started using oil. The problem is so obvious, it’s like the whole world has Stockholm syndrome toward the oil companies. We all stand complicit.