this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2023
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Please post more political memes particularly about non-US politics.
EU memes about electricity are missing here, for sure.
I'm intrigued. What about electricity?
Global electricity prices in Europe (short of France that is self reliant with nuclear reactors) have gone up dramatically since the gas stopped flowing from Russia.
In 2022, the pricing of 1 kWh in residential areas in Germany are 0.6 USD. That's 3 times the US if I'm not mistaken.
I have some bad news on that front..
Well, shit.
Shit indeed. The thing that was going to supplement renewable energy to stave off climate change becoming less and less effective and safe because of climate change is one of the cruelest cases of tragic irony ever!
Maybe desalination at the cost of reduced energy output should be considered, or desalination in general. Even if the weather stabilizes, having those around on low maintenance wouldn't be a bad idea.
Only problem is, it will take around 3-5 years to build, probably.
In Finland our prices jumped up for a while but have since gone back to normal. At least insofar as it's not a news topic anymore.
Last year I could have bought a new PS5 every month for the cost of electricity. Things have settled now but it's still expensive - I switched a lot of my personal infra to the cloud and Intel NUCs to cut down the cost 😭
IMO If people want to post hard political material on a mainstream meme community, I wish they would make a minimum effort to make it relatable to those outside of the various originator echo chamber communities.
The constant "US Bad" "China Bad" and adjacent topics targeting a specific political audience gets annoying with how repetitive it is - if it's not politics related to my region OR suggesting ways I can improve things, I could not honestly give a bigger dump