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War in Ukraine: We Need to Talk About Fossil Fuels

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Russia’s energy resources are enormous and Europe’s dependence on them is deep and pervasive. But Russia’s importance as an exporter of natural resources goes far beyond hydrocarbons. The continent was mostly powered by locally mined coal until the 1950s, when imports of cheap Middle Eastern oil started transforming the energy picture.

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Is Worldcoin a Crypto-currency for the Masses or Your Digital ID?

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Stone says the project has focused on creating a sustainable stream of UBI for claimants, while Worldcoin seems to be committing far more resources to developing its PoP protocol than the currency itself. Good Dollar distributes small amounts of its own cryptocurrency to anyone who signs up, as a form of UBI. Jon Callas.