The Downbeat Goes On | 192 comments (190 topical, 2 editorial, 1 hidden)

Re: Still. I can't help enjoying... (none / 0)

Agh, I meant here.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid on Fri Dec 9th, 2011 at 02:41:10 PM EST
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Re: Still. I can't help enjoying... (none / 0)

Yes, and for the record I also made a faulty prediction when it came to the soc-dems, they actually came out against before the government.

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by A swedish kind of death on Fri Dec 9th, 2011 at 03:00:00 PM EST
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Re: Still. I can't help enjoying... (4.00 / 2)

They might be feeling where the wind is blowing. Once upon a time, more than half of all Swedish voters wanted to join the Euro. Today...

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid on Fri Dec 9th, 2011 at 03:11:16 PM EST
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Re: Still. I can't help enjoying... (none / 1)

Almost means a "neuro" is a non-starter? I can't see Norway, Finland, and Denmark joining without Sweden and I can't see a "neuro" working without the Nordic countries.

YMMV

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Fri Dec 9th, 2011 at 03:20:53 PM EST
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Re: Still. I can't help enjoying... (none / 1)

Norway is not in the EU and unlikely to join in this crisis. Sweden is extremely unlikely to join a failing union, and I would say ditto on Denmark.

Finland is in a different position, already being in the euro. Finland also has Russia as a neighbour, increasing the support for european projects in general.

Any neuro would have to work with countries already in the euro, but as Netherlands also has come under attack, I don't see that as an option either.

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by A swedish kind of death on Fri Dec 9th, 2011 at 03:39:22 PM EST
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tack (none / 0)

Your arguments are part of why I didn't see them joining. The other part was the Scandinavian countries have already done the "Currency Union" thing and it fell apart for much of the same reasons the euro seems destined to follow.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Fri Dec 9th, 2011 at 04:00:53 PM EST
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Re: tack (none / 1)

I'd say about one Swede in a thousand has even heard about the Scandinavian currency union of yore, so that's not a big issue at all.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid on Fri Dec 9th, 2011 at 04:10:59 PM EST
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Re: tack (none / 0)

I'm sure Johan Gernandt and Sven-Erik Österberg know and who else counts?

:-)

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Fri Dec 9th, 2011 at 04:34:55 PM EST
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Re: Still. I can't help enjoying... (none / 0)

Denmark is likely to join, because our Dear Leaders have an idiotic attachment to the fixed exchange rate with the D-Mark. It would be Unserious to float the currency and let the Germans deal with the unemployment and general misery their deflationary quackery creates.

- Jake

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by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Fri Dec 9th, 2011 at 08:20:57 PM EST
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Re: Still. I can't help enjoying... (none / 0)

After the last year, year and a half?

Got to be kidding.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Sat Dec 10th, 2011 at 12:19:47 AM EST
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Sadly, no (n/t) (none / 1)

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by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Sat Dec 10th, 2011 at 04:18:59 AM EST
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Re: Sadly, no (n/t) (none / 1)

Denmark joining the E-Z would be a clear example of a rat jumping ONTO a sinking ship.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sat Dec 10th, 2011 at 05:20:28 PM EST
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