Posted on May 11, 2018
Iran deal crisis triggers rare show of unity between Moscow and Berlin | DW | 10.05.2018
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They made a deal, what they still believe is a good deal, why would they change that because Trump wants them to? They are not following Russia they are doing what the decided was the best course.
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SSG (Join to see) Unique Times, US has become the Boogey Man that we Once Accused Russia of. Must be All This Winning *SARCASM MUCH*
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This Presidency too shall eventually pass, and hopefully Trumps replacement is able to quickly undo most of the damage done.
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SSG (Join to see) - The idea that America signature on treaties is meaningless will take a long time to go away
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Berlin has big time problems. They can't go too far against Russia or they lose out on their natural gas. Their operational rate on their planes is less than 10% and they only have 12 Sidewinder missiles available. They have no functioning submarines at this time. The German luftwaffe Pilots are leaving in droves. Only some of their tanks are operational and they care more about global warming than they do about putting 2% in toward their defense. Germany is not very strong. And Russia is helping out Syria and Iran. The whole Middle East and Western Europe are indecisive now. The Iran nuclear deal is going to sunset in 2022 anyway. We may have lost some credibility. Time will tell and I'm sure a serious incident will happen where these European allies will back off from being too close to Russia.
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To be fair... climate change is a greater threat to the German economy than a military invasion be Russia. Germany is likely to become even more dependent on Russian gas with the development of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Parts of the current Nuclear deal do begin expiring in 2022, which means we should be focusing on building the next deal instead of fighting over the one we made in 2015.
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Yes, it's a threat to their economy by the self-imposed price tears or Price floors put on by the respective governments who signed the Kyoto Court. Do United States has a comparative economic Advantage because they are not raising their gasoline prices by $0.25 a gallon or more each year with additional carbon taxes. The carbon tax is also include natural gas and other fossil gases. I spent $29 last month additional on carbon tax is just on my natural gas. This affects everybody in the economy and it is an inflationary factor that will hurt GDP on science that is selective and erroneous because they fun studies that don't factor in natural climate change and the only factor in the assumption that man is responsible for the climate change and not that we are in between ice ages. The taxes make a big difference. I am on temporary Duty going between Texas and Canada as an observer controller trainer in a US Canada exercise and the price of fuel in Texas as of a week ago was $2.49 a gallon versus $4 a gallon in Canada with the exchange rate consideration. The taxes between the two countries is amazing and the province of Alberta is cheaper than most of the other provinces of Canada. This is an example of how Germany is being threatened by its own carbon tax models if based similarly to Canada to their economy killing carbon taxes.
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This seems a much more balanced approach to the issue of carbon taxes... http://www.macleans.ca/economy/economicanalysis/heres-how-much-carbon-pricing-will-likely-cost-households/ as for gas prices, there are a lot of factors that influence gas prices such as cost to distribute to an area. W are paying about $3 a gallon where I live, although prices in Phoenix are still in the $2.60 range. A quick search shows me that the average price of gas in Alaska is $3.45. I was curious about how much more in taxes Canadians generally pay in taxes than those of us here in the US and this articel seemed helpful: https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0411/do-canadians-really-pay-more-taxes-than-americans.aspx
Here's how much carbon pricing will likely cost households - Macleans.ca
Economist Trevor Tombe on what putting a price on carbon emissions will mean for people across Canada, and what provinces can do to lessen the impact
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