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It would need either a high voltage DC power line between the countries, or the electricity could be used to create hydrogen or ammonia and then ship that. There have been plans to create such power lines, e.g. Xlinks Morocco–UK Power Project (cancelled) and “Desertec 2.0” (very new proposal).

Maybe it will happen in the future, but for now these solar-rich countries probably want to use this energy for themselves.

There are also quite a few non-European countries that have a European king as head of state.

This article has more infos. Or this one. It’s meant to be the longest suspension bridge.

I read they are using ArduPilot.

You seem to underestimate how many companies and government organizations rely on American hyperscalers. It will take many years to replace these with something European. The same for Android and iOS, Windows and macOS and all the apps that were built for these. Cisco and Juniper - sure, just replace all of their hardware with something European.

Tariffs are insane when Trump applies them, they are equally insane when Europe will apply them.

What do you think who is going to pay these taxes?

The watch officer apparently admitted that he fell asleep. I find it astonishing that such giant ships don’t have an autopilot that can at least stop the ship before it crashes into land. Or a dead man’s switch which would wake up the watch man or someone else.

Here’s a better article: https://eu.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2025/03/14/south-milwaukee-woman-deported-to-laos-is-stranded-with-few-options/82369691007/