Energy transition is not a comms exercise. Europe must invest in the future, not sunset industries.
Every € spent on oil is lost; if spent on renewables, it strengthens the future.
Grid congestion is a success + underinvestment story.
@EU_Commission
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The Spanish Prime Minister is not speaking from theory. Europe has seen this movie before.
In 2003, Spain itself was part of the small circle that stood beside Washington at the Azores Summit alongside the United States and the United Kingdom to push the invasion of Iraq. That decision was taken without clear UN authorization and eventually led to one of the most destabilizing episodes of the modern Middle East.
What followed did not produce the democracy, security, or stability that were promised. Instead, Iraq descended into insurgency and civil war, and the ripple effects created one of the most serious waves of insecurity Europe had faced since the Cold War era.
And Europe paid a price for it.
The Iraq war fractured the Western alliance itself. It created deep political divisions inside the European Union and between Europe and the United States. Even analysts at the time described the war as causing lasting rifts between Washington, Europe, and the broader Islamic world.
Then came the security consequences on European soil. The Madrid train bombings in 2004, which killed 193 people, were widely interpreted as part of the backlash tied to Spain’s involvement in the Iraq war. Politically, that war also contributed to the collapse of the government that supported the invasion.
Economically and strategically, Europe bore many of the shocks. War-driven instability in the Middle East repeatedly pushed oil prices higher and threatened recession risks globally.
Meanwhile, the American system kept doing what it always does during conflict: mobilizing its vast military-industrial ecosystem. Wars expand defense spending, stimulate weapons production, and channel enormous government expenditure into U.S. industry and contractors.
So when Sánchez says “No to war”, it is not merely a moral slogan.
It is a memory.
A memory of a war sold with grand narratives about weapons of mass destruction and democracy that were never found, a war that destabilized an entire region, fractured alliances, radicalized movements, and produced decades of insecurity that Europe had to live with.
And if you step back and observe the pattern, you will notice something unsettling.
When these wars end, it is rarely Washington that carries the long-term social consequences.
It is Europe that receives the refugee waves.
It is Europe that absorbs the political radicalization.
It is Europe that sits geographically closer to the instability that follows.
So when the Spanish Prime Minister says “No to repeating the mistakes of the past”, he is essentially reminding the world of a lesson Europe learned the hard way:
The men who start wars in Washington rarely live next door to the chaos that follows.
Europe does.
The world, Europe, and Spain have faced this critical moment before. In 2003, a few irresponsible leaders dragged us into an illegal war in the Middle East that brought nothing but insecurity and pain.
Our response then must be our response now:
NO to violations of international law.
NO to the illusion that we can solve the world’s problems with bombs.
NO to repeating the mistakes of the past.
NO TO WAR.
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@uncertainvector Thank you for helping dismantle the stigma. Your work forced this conversation out of the fringe and into serious scientific and public scrutiny. At this point, denying the reality of the phenomenon is becoming intellectually indefensible.
@DrBeaVillarroel Watched this last night. When scientists stop laughing and start measuring, something has shifted. The humility to say “we don’t know yet, but that's why it's exciting.” That’s what you expect a scientist would say. That's where breakthroughs usually begin.
A compelling documentary featuring high-level U.S. Government insiders and even statements from former Presidents. It makes a strong, credible case, supported by excellent news archives and clear explanations of the technologies often linked to UAPs. Well worth watching. 💯
We are not alone. There are "otherworldly things" in our oceans. It's time to learn the truth!
Watch @ageofdisclosure now on @PrimeVideo or in theaters in NYC/LA/DC.
BREAKING: Massive -- really, massive -- electricity outage hits Spain, which large part of the country suffering blackouts (including Madrid and Barcelona).
Data from Spain's national grid shows a lost of >10 GW of demand, from ~26GW to ~12GW in a few seconds. Reason unknonw.
Happy New Year! ✨✨✨ Did you manage to squeeze some goodness out of 2024? Personally, I loved Jupiter in ♊, I made some good friends. 2025 will be a breathless year, slow at first, then shocking. 2026 is when the quantum leap is irreversible. What do you expect for yourself?