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greenshtoday at 11:26 AM3 repliesview on HN

The EU is not doing anything near enough against global warming.


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mcvtoday at 11:47 AM

They really should end fuel subsidies. We're paying taxes to promote fuel use. That's a really bad use of our taxes. (Some are apparently already being phased out, but others are not, from what I understand, and they've gone up dramatically in the past couple of years.)

As for digital rules, the EU should definitely stand firm and invest in its own tech sector, instead of caving to the US. Same with everything else where our standards are higher than theirs (food, human rights).

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mrigheletoday at 12:21 PM

There is no point fighting against global warming if you're the only one doing it. If China, USA and India are not on the same page, the result will be that production will move even more to those countries, global warming will continue and European will just be poorer.

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mono442today at 11:40 AM

Their policies are a grift to funnel money to the right people so that's not surprising.

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