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Rishi Sunak told UK must grow more of its own food (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Now balance that with growing it sustainably, and not killing all the wildlife in the process.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is this comparative advantage as in Germany buying most of its energy from a rogue state such as Russia and then getting fucked? That comparative advantage?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No that was called Energiewende and Ostpolitik

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energiewende#:~:text=Russian%20fossil%20gas%20was%20perceived,through%20mutually%20beneficial%20trade%20relations.

https://dgap.org/en/research/publications/after-ostpolitik

The TL:DR was to use cheap Russian gas to fuel the energy transition and at the same time use the economical ties to bring Russia aligned politically to the western Europe. Ostpolitik worked to unify west and east Germany so why wouldn't it work to align a post-soviet Russia?

Here's why it failed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iUohhHdvoE&t=0