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Hidden Forces

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Green Revolution - A Core Part of the European Identity

CNN's John Defterios says the euro has to manufacture a sense of identity. One of those common identities in europe was this green revolution, he said. The key element of their unity is this belief that they are going to lead the world away from fossil fuels and towards a greener energy suite,. He added: "As laudable as that gold might seem, it is incredibly difficult to pull off"

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Speaker 1
You
Speaker 2
know, something i just thought of now, which is that europe, unlike the united states, has to manufacture a sense of identity. And over the years, i think that one of the driving forces behind european policy has been the need to create these artificial shelling points, or flags, around which european countries can rally and forge a common identity. And one of those common identities in europe was this green revolution. It was a core part of the european identity, this common, agreed upon view around the move towards sustainable, renewable sources of energy. Does that resonate with you?
Speaker 1
It absolutely does. And the analogy here in the s would be california, that
Speaker 2
we should have joined the european union. Ye ate.
Speaker 1
California, to its credit, for example, has led the way on fuel economy standards for automobiles and omission controls. And there's many, many great things that the e p a has done that we're personally grateful for. And as i said early you know, these large companies have not always behaved correctly and leave themselves open to valid critic but i do concur with you that there is a huge part of the european identity. And the wisdom of that can be judged by the listeners. But the key element of their unity is this belief that they are going to lead the world away from fossil fuels and towards a greener energy suite, which will prevent and shave off their perceived worse case scenaria risk of climate change. And as laudable as that gold might seem, it is incredibly difficult to pull off. And the path function really matters. And unfortunately, we are learning both of those lessons right now, in real time,
Speaker 2
yes.

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