Russia-Ukraine Invasion

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    Trying to see the good in all of this:
    1) Rapid leap away from fossil fuels
    2) Europe helps rebuild Ukraine, a jump start to their economy
    3) If God allows, Russians finally learn the hard lesson that routine replacement of power is the only way to go. 20 years of autocracy must never happen again. The deeper the Russian humiliation, the better.
    4) Discuss

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    • Fair points, but I don't think this is going to have too much medium term impact on fossil fuel consumption, just the immediate sourcing.Nairn
    • I had idly considered prior whether this was all some ruse to shock the global system off hydrocarbons, but nah.Nairn
    • Look at any hydrocarbon piechart breakdown and 50%+ is transportation. imho, we need nuclear for that, for the next few decades at least.Nairn
    • Germany's not a fan of nuclear, which given its position in Europe, poses a bit of a conundrum.Nairn
    • flol at 20 years of autocacy must never happen again.
      russians love being humiliated, it confirms their need for strongmen      hans_glib
    • The only positive thing I see is that Russia's military isn't much better than it was during the cold war. Maybe they have hypersonic weapons, not much more.formed
    • By rapid I mean over the next ten years, in any case its a push in the right directiondrgs
    • 1. Nah
      2. Always
      3. Nah. They don't think like this. They love their autocracy.
      4. ☑      Krassy
    • The only positive thing I see is the long term isolation of Russia from the West and most of the rest of the World.Krassy
    • You don't want an ape with a hand grenade in isolationdrgs
    • That ape will starve itself to death and won't have the strength to toss the grenadeKrassy
    • Anyway, there are options. Modernization without westernization (the latter is synonymus with gay parades to Russians)drgs
    • Japan is an example, a hypermodern country, which has very little in common with west-European civilizationdrgs
    • I hear your wishful thinking, but the Russian collective psyche is much too differentKrassy
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