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In 2020, Europe in total consumed 541.1Bil m³ of gas, which is down from the 553.5Bil m³ consumption of 2019. Out of which, Germany consumed 86.5 Billion m³ of natural gas, down from 88.7Bil m³ in 2019. In 2020, Europe imported a total of 326.1Bil m³ of natural gas, out of which 211.3Bil m³...

That's true, and I've tried to factor it in, but as with the whole democracy post, this was all a rather generalized theorizing that I try to separate from real world conditions. It shouldn't be seen as any attempt to implement a democratic system, but rather as an attempt to define and...

MajorSamm's one of my favourite YT channels, really like his videos!

Ha, from that I take that your younger self was a bit stubborn about his principles? Got any advice for the younger folks here, about what to do and what not do with your time?

The end is nigh for Northern Ireland as we know it – and unionists can blame themselves Susan McKay If the unconstructive, self-harming DUP is not willing to serve under a Sinn Féin first minister, the power-sharing model is probably dead ‘In the last days of what may be the last Northern Irish...

What Could European Militaries Contribute to the Defense of Taiwan? It is clear that European militaries can contribute to the defense of Taiwan if required – and they can start taking the necessary steps now. By Franz-Stefan Gady and Oskar Glaese April 01, 2022 Two U.S. Air Force F-35A...

True, that airbase does change up the strategic picture of SE Asia, but we can't forget that it's just one airbase. But Russia doesn't regain the power of the USSR when (should) it annexes Ukraine, it's demographics and economy can't support any such venture. China on the other hand has grown...

If you could go back 50 years, and tell your younger self about this, how do you imagine this interaction would go? And if you were to live another 50 years, what do you think your worldview would look by then? And which time of your life do you consider to be the most important one, where...

If this is true... I wonder how it feels like to live this long, what thoughts do you develop over such a time frame and what your beliefs are

The War Is Reshaping How Europe Spends Romania is buying iodine pills. Ireland enacted special incentives for its farmers to till essential crops. And military spending is rising across the continent. The cost to support Ukrainian refugees may cost governments as much as $30 billion in the...

Northern Ireland: 'Last Troubles trial' set to start next week (Monday 28 March) https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/northern-ireland-last-troubles-trial-set-start-next-week-monday-28-march Northern Ireland: 'Last Troubles trial' gets underway in Belfast The McAnespie family supported by...

Going to get to this asap, sorry for my late reply, just wanted to let you know.

Gonna be doing this one a bit later

China knows that the world would be watching a war with Taiwan, watching it even more closely than what's currently happening in Ukraine. The CCP knows this and the propaganda value that can be derived from it. If they perform according to plan and have the island under control as soon as...

Well, it’s good to know that certain influences can fundamentally change a person, and they can give these influences onto others. Yet I can’t help but think that some are just too far gone to be saved, like people who join the KKK and genuinely hold hatred in their hearts. It took me a while to...

Thanks for the reading material! Don’t know enough about the topic to really have an opinion, so I’ll stay out of it. One thing however, do you really believe that the US would bomb TSMC? Because their allies wouldn’t want to become too dependent on US manufacturing during (what I presume will...

With solar panels becoming ever cheaper to produce and install, the near self-sufficiency of households will turn into an inevitable reality though, add to that the increasing unwillingness of the taxpayer to fund fossil fuel industries, this is going to be a fundamental shift in energy...

Will the US manage to get that going until then though? All six facilities will be up and running by 2024, and they will actually compete with TSMC in semiconductor tech?

Couldn't this also be used as a bargaining chip in China's favour? Either Taiwan rejoins the mainland, or the entire world will experience an increase in price and regression in chip technology? China will suffer under this just the same, sure, but couldn't this be seen as a credible threat to...

Solar panels, wind energy, hydropower, a treadmill even, all of this needs to be given more incentives, for businesses and individuals. It's beyond me how so many see the green industry as something threatening, when there's so much potential for economic growth connected to it