€1.8T in four years exfiltrated from the EU, all for single-use sludge. This is why renewables are such a long term win -- replace that with wind, solar, and batteries (likely for less than €1.8T) *and then you never have to spend that money in the future*. You can do a lot with that money you didn't spend.

Which is why, I expect, all the petrostates and fossil fuel companies are so against renewables, it means cutting off their guaranteed subscription payments.

https://cleantechnica.com/2026/06/22/clean-break-eu-can-build-nearly-twice-as-many-wind-turbines-and-evs-as-it-needs-each-year/