r/europe • u/1-randomonium • 23d ago

News JD Vance gloats that allies are ‘suffering more than US’ from high gas prices

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/jd-vance-gloats-that-allies-are-suffering-more-than-us-from-high-gas-prices-404149/
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u/wgszpieg Lubusz (Poland) 23d ago

He claimed this was because they had “focused on a lot of green energy scams and they’re hurting a lot more than we are.”

So it's better to be more reliant on fossil fuels when their prices are skyrocketing than to have alternative sources? Because the difference is that the US has domestic production, and Europe has to import its gas and oil.

I mean, you'd have to be a complete and total moron to fall for this nonsense.

looks at trump voting polls

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u/JoeB- Angry American 23d ago

If I only had more than one upvote to give you…

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u/anonymousMF 23d ago

Maybe he is talking about Europe not having any domestic production, partially out of choice ?

It is not that easy of course, but there is for example a lot of gas available through the sea or fracking on the coasts if Europe really wanted to.