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      And if the royal decree doesn’t work I suppose we could pay them for it but it’s better to not try that one out of the box just in case it works.

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      Sorry but that’s an absurd way to construe the point I was making. “Energy Independence” when used in a geopolitical context involves essentially fuel-exporting nations exploiting their supply chain position in order to win political concessions from importers- such as Russia holding Northern Europe hostage over oil and fossil gas in response to European resistance to the invasion of Ukraine. Commonwealth nations share close relationships that are unlikely to degenerate to the point where Australia or Canada are invading their neighbors and holding the UK’s electricity hostage.

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          I don’t know if that’s true lol, this is reddit we’re talking about.

          But yeah, I missed that you were pisstaking; my b.