Fossil fuels are only affordable if we don't count the bill to deal with the pollution and climate change. From a societal point of view, it is a ridiculous business case.

It's about societal survival, not business( Fossils and nuclear are online now and people's lives depend on their electricity output. Pollution and climate are, sadly, MUCH less important. Switching fossils / nukes off will require a mammoth centralized investment, and a DEEP sociopolitical reform.

That is not the case in this part of Europe. I fully understand that green transition is not a priority in Ukraine right now, but here there is still bandwidth for it and it is even seen as a security priority. In fact, just yesterday the government moved forward on a new giant wind farm.

🤦‍♂️ What "bandwidth"?? You of all people should've noticed Rutte's mention of the need to "scale up NATO air defense by 400%". Or the fact that EU doesn't have a single weapon with 1000 km range (let alone a supersonic one). There's no bandwidth for ANY feel-good causes in the West anymore.

Don't make it personal. I understand how frustrating it is to watch, but the reality is that defense even with all these increases is still only a small part of the budget here.

I'm not making it personal. First of all, I'm capable and willing to care about the interests of all the free world, beyond and regardless of Ukraine. Just cosmopolitan common sense. Second, MOST Westerners are still struggling to free themselves from their pre-2014 stereotypical positive worldview.