> considerably freer and richer than the EU
Cope harder. The US doesn't offer a single example of being better than the EU.
Cope harder. The US doesn't offer a single example of being better than the EU.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index
The USA really hasn't been doing well lately.
Ironically, the "close to" part is just enough to prevent the USA from isolating itself from the world market by refining and using what it currently exports.
As an American I couldn't tell you what their logic is exactly.
Irrelevant. Natural gas isn't the only fossil fuel, the US trades oil on the global market, that oil trade cannot help but support all other petrostates.
Also, if you're talking about Germany in particular, renewables have significantly exceeded the peak share of nuclear power: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:StromerzeugungDeutschlan...
(Kernenergie == nuclear)
To use the table that the chart is supposed to be based on, the peak of nuclear production in Germany was only about 60% of 2025's renewables, 284.6 TWh renewables in 2025 vs 169.6 TWh nuclear in 2000: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stromerzeugung_in_Deutschland