How can we expect to fight and win wars if we can't bear trivial negative consequences? US LNG from this port ships to Europe, it replaces the boycotted gas from the Russian pipelines [0,1]. The gas shortage is potentially going to be really bad this winter [2]. If these plants don't keep running, either many people will freeze to death (and the EU economy plunges into recession), or the boycott collapses (and Russia comes back to the negotiating table with extreme leverage).
Additional context: multiple European countries are backsliding to coal power right this week [3]. And Biden has waived federal air pollution regulations, to decrease reliance on imported oil [4]. It's not only Texas. This is a no-win scenario: we can't escape the tradeoff between air quality, climate goals, and the immediate war.
Additional context: multiple European countries are backsliding to coal power right this week [3]. And Biden has waived federal air pollution regulations, to decrease reliance on imported oil [4]. It's not only Texas. This is a no-win scenario: we can't escape the tradeoff between air quality, climate goals, and the immediate war.
[0] https://www.ft.com/content/c1b8c308-b189-4a24-af67-6d18902e4...
[1] https://archive.ph/UZlCv (mirror of [0])
[2] https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-germany-government...
[3] https://hn.algolia.com/?&query=coal&dateRange=pastWeek
[4] https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-epa-issues-waiver-allow-...