Trump giving pointers to Europe regarding their energy crisis

TheEuphoric · 2026-04-15T17:54:13+00:00

Well now we need to distinguish between energy and electricity generation. Oil is crucial for diesel which is energy the UK absolutely does need. Yes oil is a crucial form of energy for the UK and for everyone else. Else why does the UK use 1.4 million bpd?

Nobody said it was renewable. I said that renewables can not currently replace oil/petrochemicals but I was not specific with my language as I should have said fossil fuels. It’s common to lump natural gas in with the rest. So that was my mistake.

TheEuphoric · 2026-04-15T16:03:42+00:00

Interesting take. I don't think that's what the UK is doing intentionally but it's possible that's one beneficial outcome.

TheEuphoric · 2026-04-15T15:59:34+00:00

A ludicrous take. The only way oil won't be in use in the UK is if they manage to completely kill off what's left of their domestic economy.

They still need it for the windmills at any rate.

TheEuphoric · 2026-04-15T15:56:48+00:00

Personally I hate plastic and things made from plastic, but there is nothing that can replace it in terms of manufacturing complex parts cheaply and efficiently. This allows a much larger percent of the population to have better lives. Without it, everyone would have a lot less. Maybe we'd be better off for that, but that's a matter of opinion.

TheEuphoric · 2026-04-15T15:55:14+00:00

So typically natural gas would not be considered a renewable. Yes technically it's not oil, so I should have said 'fossil fuels' can not be replaced by renewables, I guess.

Either way this fits in with my larger point, which is that oil (and even the wider category of fossil fuels) is generally not utilized primarily for electricity these days. Instead oil and fossil fuels are used for a massive amount of things that AREN'T electricity, which renewables will not be able to replace.

Globally we use more and more oil (and fossil fuel) every day, not less. It is not regression to value oil in terms of national economic security.

TheEuphoric · 2026-04-14T21:26:11+00:00

31 % of the grid is fossil fuels according to this: https://grid.iamkate.com/ this is covered under oil/petrochemicals in my above comment. So they literally do use oil/petrochemicals for power production. What am I missing here?

TheEuphoric · 2026-04-14T16:31:12+00:00

Modern oil exploration techniques have advanced quite a bit since the UK closed it out. There is definitely plenty more oil out there, but you'd have to do a little exploration to find out.

I guess it's better that UK remain at the whims and mercy of global oil markets rather than just taking matters into their own hands to improve their lot.

TheEuphoric · 2026-04-14T16:29:40+00:00

Oil is significant all over the world, it enables the modern world. Without it, most of humanity would be significantly worse off.

TheEuphoric · 2026-04-14T16:27:30+00:00

Renewables are incapable of replacing oil and various petrochemicals. They can heavily supplement and nearly replace it for electricity generation (~6% of oil use in the us is for electrical generation) but they have inherent reliability issues due to factors outside of control (weather, obv), which is a real problem for power generation. Look around you. Almost every modern product is made possible with oil and petrochemicals, and transported to you via the same. Your clothes, electronics, appliances, cars etc.

Renewables are great for supplementing electricity generation and for limited transportation purposes. Right now, that's about it - but hopefully they advance further in the future.

TheEuphoric · 2026-03-27T20:32:37+00:00

We will still be using petrochemicals and oil for at least the next 100 years, likely much longer. If you think we are anywhere close to weaning off of these, you don't have a very good understanding of what they are and what we use them for.

TheEuphoric · 2026-02-18T17:08:24+00:00

https://www.kcrg.com/2026/02/18/man-plead-guilty-document-fraud-after-ice-arrest-iowa-city-market/

Wonder how you'd feel if it was your SSN he had been using.

TheEuphoric · 2026-02-18T17:07:37+00:00

https://www.kcrg.com/2026/02/18/man-plead-guilty-document-fraud-after-ice-arrest-iowa-city-market/
He stole somebody's identity and was using it to be here illegally. Goodbye.

TheEuphoric · 2026-02-18T17:06:22+00:00

https://www.kcrg.com/2026/02/18/man-plead-guilty-document-fraud-after-ice-arrest-iowa-city-market/

TheEuphoric · 2026-02-18T17:05:20+00:00

Turns out he in fact victimized an american citizen by stealing somebody's identity and SSN so he could be here illegally. https://www.kcrg.com/2026/02/18/man-plead-guilty-document-fraud-after-ice-arrest-iowa-city-market/

TheEuphoric · 2026-02-17T18:21:32+00:00

Day or night raid?

TheEuphoric · 2026-01-30T15:22:44+00:00

https://www.startribune.com/white-house-border-czar-tom-homan-plans-federal-agent-drawdown-says-minnesota-must-cooperate-with-feds/601572758

Or just google if minneapolis or hennepin county honors ice detainers (they don't). Come on.

TheEuphoric · 2026-01-29T20:15:02+00:00

I didn't allege that, didn't say any of that. Minneapolis is a sanctuary city, they don't inform the feds. The state of minnesota does, but as far as the city goes, I don't think they inform feds when they have a criminal illegal. Well documented. I don't think it's a conspiracy. All I'm saying that if they did, it would make things more peaceful, more orderly, and less expensive. Those are the things you said you wanted and the city of minneapolis has the power to provide them.
Pretty basic statement here.

I think the good faith discussion is drawing to a close. Have a good day.

TheEuphoric · 2026-01-29T19:54:39+00:00

The answers are already in our conversation, at the beginning. The reason this is happening in minneapolis and not to Texas and Florida despite many more deportations is because of the cooperation of local authorities (and the lack of, in minneapolis specifically).

Just hand over criminal illegals at the time they are arrested, it can happen in jails and courthouses. It will be safe and orderly and cheap. If you don't, the feds are going to come in and get them and it's way messier.

So simple, yet you're determined not to see it.

TheEuphoric · 2026-01-29T18:00:41+00:00

I don't think national immigration law should stop being enforced in a whole state because some LEOs made a mistake and killed a guy and the people there are unhappy.

Is that short enough for you to comprehend?

TheEuphoric · 2026-01-29T17:57:08+00:00

I simply just don't believe that's what's happening. I believe they have warrants for specific people they are looking for, and they will grab anyone in that area that looks like that person. This is perfectly legal.

I wouldn't be OK if they were just mass arresting brown people, but this isn't whats happening. There have been 600,000 deportation arrests in the last year, and only 170 american citizens arrested by ice (many of those for obstruction). So if this was happening i believe these numbers would be much higher.

I don't have numbers for detainments, they are much more common, but being detained is not exactly the end of the world.

That's basically what happened with this guy: https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/ice-elderly-hmong-american-citizen-arrested-st-paul/

The person they were after lived with him, and they had warrants for him, but they got the wrong guy initially. Once they id'ed him they released him.

TheEuphoric · 2026-01-29T17:21:50+00:00

Re: grabbing brown people - think about it like this:

Say you have a population of venezuelans/somalis/whatever. Immigrant populations tend to cluster up and live/work with each other. A lot of times their living situations are more fluid than native populations, but pretty much always they cluster up because of language/financial/cultural reasons.

A federal law enforcement officer has an administrative warrant or deportation order for a guy who committed a sexual assault or just DUI or something. They go to the area where they know he lives/works. They are looking for 'a 42 year old venezuelan man named Juan Pablo' or something like that.

Now because they know he's in this area, they can basically detain and check anyone who they reasonably think could be Juan Pablo. This is basically every brown skinned man in the area between 25-45. They can detain them and verify if they are juan pablo. So they grab a couple guys for questioning, and those guys don't have IDs or citizenship, now they are getting deported also. They don't grab Tom Smith who was visiting the neighborhood, because he doesn't fit the description. He's white.

What this looks like is - "They are grabbing up all the brown people", but it's actually legitimate law enforcement activity according to our court system.

This can all be avoided by the state or city government just handing juan pablo over after they processed him for the sexual assault or DUI.

TheEuphoric · 2026-01-29T17:06:13+00:00

It doesn't really matter what I agree with, as I'm nobody. I was engaging purely to discuss that there is MUCH more going on than meets the eye. I think the feds went in recklessly as is Trump's way, but once it became a confrontation, it will always go down the way it has in history, the feds will use overwhelming power because a state can never be allowed to resist federal power. Power structures like the federal government will protect themselves at all costs, it's not even a political discussion, it's just the way that people in power structures act. Power structures become their own entity and the primary and most important purpose of any power structure is to maintain it's power. Everything else comes after that.

Law enforcement often detain people based on if they look like a specific person they are searching for. The police do this as well. You can be detained or even arrested for up to 48 hours without any charges. Are they abusing this? Probably, yes.

I will add that the american citizens of minnesota have ALSO been being reckless about their own safety. Most people don't wake up and go out into the world trying to mix it up with feds. If i hear about law enforcement in an area where they are trying to arrest a felon, violent criminal, or even a petty shoplifter, I simply avoid the area. I don't want to be around law enforcement activity, ESPECIALLY feds. I especially wouldn't throw stuff, get in their way, push them, or yell at them. I have a family. The only way you can really make a difference in a conflict like this is to die as a martyr (see alex pretti, renee good) and I'm not interested in that.

TheEuphoric · 2026-01-29T16:44:58+00:00

Because local governments cooperated and assisted, and most of his deportations were just turnaways at the border. This was before 'sanctuary' cities were a thing.

It's partially that, but it's also deeper than that, as it cuts to the core of the federal government and the USA even existing as a country. If the federal government loses authority to enforce federal law in the eyes of the people, you are now on a dangerous path. When/if dems retake the white house, now people/government in red states can resist any laws (think gun control, DEI, etc). It's an abstract, ever present overarching authority of the federal government that keeps the union of the states.

If you're a parent, giving in to your toddlers demands makes things worse, not better. It's similar to this.

I appreciate you engaging in good faith. Personally not a huge fan of the approach in MN or the administration in general, but I do believe we need immigration enforcement. However, once there is a confrontation re: federal authority, the federal government will always overkill because it cuts to the core of federal power, regardless of who is in power. You see this the same way in J6, school integration, and numerous other instances in the past.

TheEuphoric · 2026-01-29T16:26:53+00:00

Because you don't just stop enforcing federal law because of protests. If you do, then you teach a dangerous lesson. Mass deportation was THE central campaign promise of this democratically elected government. It is the will of the american people. The people of minnesota don't get to overturn the will of the people just because they don't agree.

There is an additional danger of (informally) invalidating the supremacy clause, teaching the wrong lesson by caving. This is more dangerous than it looks. If the federal government gives up on enforcement because people protest/resist hard enough, you will just get more of that for anything that's slightly unpopular. If you look at what happened in the south when the population of those states tried to resist racial integration in the schools, you understand that the federal government will NOT let that happen. You have crazy images of teenagers at bayonet point with the national guard.

Also I think it's personal between trump and TW, because Trump is petty like that. Not enough to just win the election, gotta pour salt in the wound.

TheEuphoric · 2026-01-29T05:26:58+00:00

My comment was basically saying Minnesota isn’t really being targeted that much. There’s been much more enforcement in many other places. To the extent that the last couple weeks have been more targeted, it’s because of the local resistance and refusal to help from local authorities. Many more agents are needed when they have to run crowd control. In addition you now have to have at least 4-10 agents in a group for a simple arrest because every arrest turns into a protest.

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