Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants

Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by artursapek on Thursday April 30, 2026 @09:48AM (#47962443)

The OP was drawing a connection between how the West has become less energy independent (not producing nuclear, importing energy) and how it’s become less labor independent (not producing people, importing them instead). The two are related because they are both caused by complacency, and they’re both destabilizing to the West.

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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by triceratops on Thursday April 30, 2026 @09:50AM (#47962475)

That's a leap of logic. Europe also imports consumer goods, digital services, and much else. Why not talk about that?

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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by artursapek on Thursday April 30, 2026 @09:53AM (#47962539)

Those are not mission critical for the survival of a civilization.

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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by triceratops on Thursday April 30, 2026 @10:03AM (#47962683)

Clothing isn't critical? It's on Maslow's hierarchy. Digital and financial services are quite critical for modern society.

If you really think Europe isn't dependent on anything foreign other than energy and labor, you really haven't thought it through.

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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by artursapek on Friday May 01, 2026 @07:55PM (#47981873)

I never said it was exclusively labor and energy... but those are prerequisites for producing anything like clothing, food...

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