Some units even get horse drawn Maxim guns.

And so will be almost every EU company/government/institution.

Good news, everyone!!

Finnish people are emotionally stunted and don’t even understand the concept of happiness.

I half agree with this. There’s it’s own kind of happiness in being stoic and staying to one self.

The link in the article to Rheinmetall’s history page is particularly interesting. They tell it straight like it was.

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I only picked the two biggest things I could think of that require fossil fuels, but you’re right. Plastics are used for everything because they are a wonder material. And so are fluorocarbons by the way, that’s why they’re also everywhere.

Thanks, looks interesting.

Increasing fuel prices would increase the cost of everything else too, lowering living standards globally. It would effectively be a flat tax for the whole humankind. I agree this would accelerate the green transition, but there’s currently no direct replacement for diesel/heavy fuel oil (which container ships, heavy trucks and tractors require) and natural gas. Well there is biodiesel but that requires turning fields from growing food to growing oil plants needed for the fuel. Current battery tech is still only satisfactory for personal transportation.

Regulating the companies would at least be better than just pulling the plug on fossil fuels (that would in the current situation basically stop the world and cause untold amounts of famine and misery).

This is a flawed take. The fossil firms sell because everyone wants to buy, and everyone wants to buy because the world is still absolutely dependent on fossil fuels. Stuff won’t move without diesel and most of the calories humankind grows needs nitrogen from the Haber-Bosch process.

An European or an African swimming pool?

How are you supposed to play Civ without a mouse and a keyboard?

Is this accurate? How can it be so varied even on similar latitudes?

Finnish soil is acidic and clay based. Most of the grain grown goes straight to animal feed since it’s too low quality for baking.