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1. mauvehaus · 1790550313 · focus · HN ↗

   Who would have imagined that Vladimir Putin would oversee a sizeable NATO expansion, the reduction of European gas usage, and, in combination with Trump, the increased adoption of electric vehicles?

   History may look back on them as having done rather a lot to move the world off of fossil fuels.

   1. trgn · 1790551334 · focus · HN ↗

      Piggybacking, talking about me!now but the last 5 years have shown me i know nothing
   2. fakedang · 1790551392 · focus · HN ↗

      Just like how Genghis Khan was responsible for a brief global cooling.
   3. vkou · 1790563369 · focus · HN ↗

      One empire stretching its muscles causes its neighbours to do the same. The same thing happened in the other direction with Russia in the late 90s.
   4. someonebaggy · 1790593370 · focus · HN ↗

      Or that Donald Trump would bring about less meat consumption, less oil consumption - twice!, internet decentralisation and end the global reliance on the dollar.

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