Henry Kissinger famously applied the dictum that “information is power” to a theory of global economic and political systems. His understanding of geopolitics and global economies and the interconnected global world can be summarized with the triad: Control food, you control the populations; control energy, you control whole continents; control currency, you control the world. […]
Like leaving gold in the ground
Just because political realities demand something, that does not make the “something” a good or wise idea.
Let us eat cake?
Household energy bills set to rise by 70%.
During an energy crisis.
Germany’s largest gas importer, Uniper, has now asked for financial aid from the state, but a nationalization might bear political risks for the Greens due to ongoing lawsuits against the closure of coal plants.
“[This] is an attack on us.”
Precedent set.
Minister confirms turbary rights are not absolute
“[Putin] is doing what was to be feared from the beginning.”
“Developing the Barryroe field now is Ireland’s only route to self-sufficiency and energy security”