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Re:France prepares for possibility of electricity blackouts ... by f6v on Saturday December 03, 2022 @05:19PM (#33848046)
> No-one in the corridors of power in the EU or UK, apparently.

The whole conflict is just the other party calling bluff. But both the West and Russia have invested so much neither is going to settle. So they up the stakes and get dragged downwards. The only thing left is to complain that “it’s unfair the the US is profiting”.

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Re:France prepares for possibility of electricity blackouts ... by sgt on Saturday December 03, 2022 @05:31PM (#33848139)
And those pesky Norwegians.
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Re:France prepares for possibility of electricity blackouts ... by nivenkos on Sunday December 04, 2022 @03:25AM (#33851732)
As a European, it's not our problem. Ukraine isn't an EU member.

But we need electricity and industry.

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Re:France prepares for possibility of electricity blackouts ... by f6v on Sunday December 04, 2022 @05:27AM (#33852332)
You might be right, but that’s not where the EU is at right now. You can’t see people protest in the EU capitals, can you? At least not the extent where the governments have to cut the aid.
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