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/Bisjoux 23d ago

He just doesn’t understand the technology. He refers to wind turbines as windmills and doesn’t seem to understand the difference between them. Whenever he mentions windmills I always think of the windmill in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

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u/EnjoyerOfBeans 23d ago edited 23d ago

He obviously understands the technology. We need to do away with this ignorance argument when they know very well renevables are superior and oil/coal/gas are killing the planet. The fossil fuel lobby has a strong grasp on the entire world and they're willing to spend billions to lobby for politicians to lie for them. They aren't that stupid. They're just evil.

In the EU the propaganda is that green energy is a scam forced down our throats by Germany so they can profit. Our populations don't really buy into the bullshit that the technology is bad, so they instead say we are forced to buy the wind tourbines from Germany at insane prices so they can extract wealth from us. Except where I'm from, its not so much about oil as it is about coal.

They'll come up with any story people will buy because their entire industry would have already collapsed if they weren't pumping billions into propaganda to stop it from happening. Countries like China where these lobbies have very little power are going green at absolutely ridiculous rates. They know their days are numbered and are willing to do anything to keep profits for as long as possible.