The past has vanished.
The present is infinitely small.
The future is infinitely variable.
…for every point in the infinite universe.
#Time #Science #Brexit #Equality #Humanity
Let’s give our heads a shake, regularly. Sweep out the cobwebs of ideology, cultivate #CriticalThinking.
None of us is 100% right, nor 100% wrong. Each of us is a grain of sand in a world of knowledge.
(Similar handle on other SNs)
@GrumpyOldFart
Sure but they do at least have that one fine & admirable characteristic in common – that neither of those two leaders were actually elected directly by the people they represent. (Although it is debatable whether EU citizens as a whole are even the entity that VdL actually *represents*.)
@CyberEgg @SaveTheTuaHawk
Which calculations are you referring to?
Nuclear waste disposal/storage is unavoidably accounted for in France as it is part of the budget and the responsibility of the generators of the waste themselves.
@DmMacniel @SaveTheTuaHawk
France did not panic (they were 71% nuclear-powered already so immediate decommissioning would have been virtually impossible), but they are managing a transition to renewables anyway as nuclear is gradually phased out.
@DmMacniel @SaveTheTuaHawk
Sure. But that is deflecting the argument. Purchase of Uranium is no more expensive for Germany than it is for France.
By decommissioning nuclear, Germany LOST the investment it had already made & then had to invest AGAIN to build alternatives (+to fossil fuel, its immediate fall-back), after public panic over “Fukushima”. (1 death directly attributed to date – Most people still don’t know the name of the thing that actually killed 20k people.)
Yes, 👍 Renewables!
@geissi
(I was curious about the sausage rolls. 😉 )
@MastKalandar
Nothing. They are traditionally non-aligned (for ~1000 years) & reckon that that has worked well for them to date. the working relationship suits them & the EU.
A bit like what holds Monaco back from joining France?🤷
@huppakee @CAVOK
That’s when you know that “#democracy” in your country does not actually apply.
@huppakee @CAVOK
Even MORE reason to do it! Any risk of “backlash” (coercion of any kind) is *precisely* what the EU would be avoiding by having its own system.
(This also applies – urgently – to EU-wide payment systems to replace Visa & Mastercard. … And to a HUGE SWATH of other tech that the EU should have already invested in decades ago!)
@CyberEgg @crandlecan
What they have learned from Orbán is to prevent any one country going rogue or acting as a 5th column to the detriment of the whole. The principle of unanimity is fine as long as everyone is on the same wavelength. This was always going to be a weak link in the EU project, and it won’t be the last.
Their biggest flaw is that they have their heads turned far too easily. Specifically by unidentified “lobbyists” with no commitment whatever to the European ideal. #DigitalID
@MastKalandar @fushuan
No but it has cooperative agreements & protocols with the EU.
@Undvik @schizoidman @running_system
I’m sure that’s the case in many countries.
Just like parents can’t within reason deny their heirs an inheritance.
@chmod755
I grew up on Eurovision but turned off as soon as they admitted the Genocide nation.
Once a respectable institution, I no longer care who “wins” or doesn’t.
@nucleative @CAVOK
Except that crypto is not a currency but a commodity, like modern art or manga figurines. 😉
@plyth
He keeps them on board with the crumbs from his table.
@EatingOnions
I’m flabbergasted that they’re only coming round to this now.
Africa is the naturally richest continent on the planet & this includes its very under-exploited solar energy resources.