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  • Nope, the treaty with Ukraine (purposefully) never specified consequences for anyone violating it. It only said (I’m paraphrasing here because I don’t want to look it up) that the signatories will respect Ukraine’s borders.

    The US respects this treaty still and doesn’t recognize Russia’s claims to Ukrainian land. The lack of specified consequences for anyone violating it makes the treaty nearly worthless.

    Signing “I will respect your border” is very much different from “I will defend your borders”.



  • Base load doesn’t exist. At least not in the way you consider it to.

    Right now energy production is based on demand. With renewables, this should be reversed: Demand should adjust to the supply.

    One very quick way to achieve this is by mandating dynamic electricity pricing for everyone - company or individual alike.

    It will not take long for energy intensive companies to construct their own battery storage (since “purchasing” at -1 cent/kWh is much more economical than at 60 ct/kWh). Consumer demand will also adjust. If your washing machine costs 3€ to run at midnight and -10 ct at 2 pm, when do you think people will wash their clothes? The same goes for charging their EV, vacuuming etc.

    The sole remaining factor is heating in winter. Which can not be solved by better battery storage but rather by building thousands of wind turbines everywhere.