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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

We (the world) quietly changed the goal posts of the energy transition from low-carbon goals to energy security ones. If the US didn't have it's oil production capacity, the west and especially Europe would be at the absolute whim of a handful of pretty shitty countries and having a pretty average time...

It all leaves a very sour taste in everyone's mouths, but can be largely seen as a short term security win.