ValueSubtracted@startrek.website to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoEuropean Union invites Canada to become first ever ‘associate member’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1282cross-posted to: world@quokk.au
arrow-up1282external-linkEuropean Union invites Canada to become first ever ‘associate member’www.theguardian.comValueSubtracted@startrek.website to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square83fedilinkcross-posted to: world@quokk.au
minus-squareCanaconda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-21 month agoThe USA invaded Venezuela to prevent them from doing oil deals with China in Yen which would challenge the USD as the defacto currency for oil trade. So we can also further your objective just by turning away from fossil fuels.
minus-squareiuminou@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoor sell Yen to oil in China
minus-squareMisterD@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoWe should be electrifying as many things as we. It costs less to run and the electricity supply is more reliable than gas or diesel. The world will still need oil for durable plastics until that is replaced too.
minus-squareNewSocialWhoDis@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoYen = Japanese currency Yuan = Chinese currency (aka renminbi)
minus-squareReannlegge@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI like the idea of turning away from dino juice, but it would take a lot to actually get people to do it.
The USA invaded Venezuela to prevent them from doing oil deals with China in Yen which would challenge the USD as the defacto currency for oil trade.
So we can also further your objective just by turning away from fossil fuels.
Or sell oil to China in Yen
or sell Yen to oil in China
Yes this is better
We should be electrifying as many things as we. It costs less to run and the electricity supply is more reliable than gas or diesel.
The world will still need oil for durable plastics until that is replaced too.
Yen = Japanese currency
Yuan = Chinese currency (aka renminbi)
I like the idea of turning away from dino juice, but it would take a lot to actually get people to do it.