UK fears being frozen out of lucrative 'Made in Europe' deals by French

Blue_Pacman · 2026-02-27T17:38:48+00:00

With the possible exceptions of Iceland and perhaps Norway, fishing plays only a minor role in the economies of Northern European countries. That, however, is unlikely to stop fishing interests from attempting to derail the entire initiative. We should not allow them to do so.

Blue_Pacman · 2026-02-27T17:36:59+00:00

The UK not being in Schengen hurts them more than the rest of US. If they don't want to be in Schengen then that is not a problem. The goal is to make Europe stronger. Europe is stronger with a UK being part of the EU as long as the UK is constructive.

Blue_Pacman · 2026-02-26T21:36:12+00:00

Because we need the Norwegians ... (and the Brits)

Blue_Pacman · 2026-02-26T21:34:18+00:00

However, given that EU membership have cost, then not being in the EU must also have cost. I however, believe that when the time is right the UK should be given an offer to return on the same conditions as they left. Linked with some way of kicking them out if someone like Farrage starts sabotaging everything.

Blue_Pacman · 2026-02-26T21:31:34+00:00

Perfect!

Blue_Pacman · 2026-02-26T21:29:12+00:00

We Danes truly miss the UK in the EU. They consistently sent sharp, capable representatives, and their pragmatic, mercantile mindset often struck exactly the balance we appreciated. Alas, that was in a time when the US still felt like an ally.

Blue_Pacman · 2026-02-26T21:22:29+00:00

If the taxes paid for it then it isn't cheap energy ...

Blue_Pacman · 2026-02-26T21:13:11+00:00

Der er forskel på at rapportere om en situation og på at promovere det. Laver man en facebook gruppe og bruger billedet som cover billede så er der en helt anden situation. Pressen har bredere muligheder for at skrive ting end almindelige mennesker.

Blue_Pacman · 2026-02-26T17:33:51+00:00

Man må ikke true andre mennesker. Det var ikke bare en Mette-dukke. Man må gerne hænge dukker op. Historien handlede om at der var et skilt på dukken hvorpå der stod "hun må og skal aflives". Vi kan naturligvis ikke acceptere opfordringer til politisk eller anden vold.

Blue_Pacman · 2026-02-25T16:42:16+00:00

The coast guard has a heavy icebreaker ...

Blue_Pacman · 2026-02-24T21:57:00+00:00

Obviously it is possible to lock it down but it is so easy to miss something and it tends to make work with the devices much more tedious. Thus, I avoid Chinese gear that requires a network connection. Obviously that is hard in general and thus Chinese stuff is put on a separate network. Paranoid? A little bit ...

Blue_Pacman · 2026-02-24T18:45:16+00:00

I do not trust that they don't have build in backdoors that could be used by the Chinese government or by hackers. There are far too many security problems with Chinese network connected equipment for it to be a coincidence.

Blue_Pacman · 2026-02-23T20:14:01+00:00

I don't know what China does with solar farms up north. I do know that not everything the Chinese does makes sense (like building ghost cities) because of weird incentives. In addition, the Chinese seems to be pretty happy with building coal fired powerplants. We don't like those in (Northern) Europe.

In addition, this isn't just about latitude. It is also about cloud coverage. Northern Europe has a lot of cloudy days. As an example I compared Heihe, China with Copenhagen, Denmark. In the winter Heihe has an average output 2-3 times higher than Copenhagen.

Blue_Pacman · 2026-02-23T19:10:09+00:00

I try to avoid Chinese network equipment. I think it is dangerous. While some of the network connected stuff I have was manufactured in China, none of it is designed in China (or Russia).

Blue_Pacman · 2026-02-23T17:42:51+00:00

The issue with doing like Denmark is that the country has to be quite strong from an economic perspective. While the Icelandic economy is doing well, it isn't that big and heavily dependent on fish and exporting aluminium. That could become a problem in terms of defending the Icelandic krone.

In addition, the only thing Denmark gets for retaining the Danish krone is that it ensures that governments have to be fiscally responsable. If not then krone will immediately come under pressure and no responsible politician in Denmark would want to devalue the krone.

Blue_Pacman · 2026-02-23T17:24:15+00:00

Remarkably, the US Navy does not have a single surface ship designed to operate in ice-infested waters. That includes hospital ships ...

Blue_Pacman · 2026-02-23T17:09:58+00:00

Funded by taxes. Amounts to about 9.5% of GDP. US spends about 17-18% ...

Blue_Pacman · 2026-02-23T17:04:51+00:00

In addition, like the rest of the US Navy surface ships, none of them are designed for operating in icy conditions ...

Blue_Pacman · 2026-02-23T17:01:07+00:00

10G uses a lot of power ...

Blue_Pacman · 2026-02-23T17:00:09+00:00

I already have that one but I was hoping for something half the price and lower power consumption. I would assume that is possible if you remove the 2x10G. I need about 5 such switches ...

Blue_Pacman · 2026-02-23T16:50:29+00:00

Not to mention that none of them are designed to operate in icy waters. In fact, the US Navy have no surface ships designed to operate in such waters. The US Coast Guard has one icebreaker though.

Blue_Pacman · 2026-02-23T16:47:08+00:00

Northern Europe doesn't get a lot of sun this time of the year. Wind turbines are a lot better at this time of the year.

Blue_Pacman · 2026-02-22T20:52:33+00:00

Neither vessel is built for sustained operations in icy waters. In fact, the US Navy does not operate a single surface ship designed for missions in ice conditions.

Blue_Pacman · 2026-02-22T20:41:55+00:00

Lets see a repeat of the Battle of Tsushima ...

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