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when your thermostat is secretly a foreign policy decision.
means relying on another country or entity for the fuel and power that keep your economy running, which means their crises become your problem.
from entered geopolitical vocabulary hard during the 1973 oil embargo, when arab oil producers cut supply to the west and gas lines suddenly explained international relations to everyone.
europe russia gassome nations got over half their gas from moscow
1973 embargoquadrupled oil prices in months, reshaped policy
reverse leveragethe supplier needs buyers just as badly
renewables anglesolar panels cannot be turned off by a pipeline dispute