The West’s Green Delusions Empowered Putin

The West’s Green Delusions Empowered Putin

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  While we banned plastic straws, Russia drilled and doubled nuclear energy production.

"How has Vladimir Putin—a man ruling a country with an economy smaller than that of Texas, with an average life expectancy 10 years lower than that of France—managed to launch an unprovoked full-scale assault on Ukraine?

...He wants Ukraine to be part of Russia more than the West wants it to be free. 

...Missing from that explanation, though, is a story about material reality and basic economics—two things that Putin seems to understand far better than his counterparts in the free world and especially in Europe.

• Putin knows that Europe produces 3.6 million barrels of oil a day but uses 15 million barrels of oil a day. 
• Putin knows that Europe produces 230 billion cubic meters of natural gas a year but uses 560 billion cubic meters. 
• He knows that Europe uses 950 million tons of coal a year but produces half that...Read all!