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We thought that war was so last century. That violence was nasty. That we had really important things to do like worrying about the planet, which, of course, has left us completely open as we&#8217;ve destroyed our nuclear power. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve failed to develop our oil resources. We&#8217;ve thrown away our chance to frack. We&#8217;ve thrown away natural gas.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;We&#39;ve lived a world of illusion. We&#39;ve thought that war is so last century, that we had more important things to do like worry about the planet, which of course has left us completely open as we&#39;ve destroyed our nuclear power, our oil, our gas&quot;<br><br>Bow Group Patron Dr David Starkey <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VLyXTirjVh\">pic.twitter.com\/VLyXTirjVh<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bow Group (@bowgroup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bowgroup\/status\/1497328417645203460?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bow Group patron continued to compare Europe&#8217;s fragile energy status to Rome&#8217;s dependence on its vulnerable waterways, saying: &#8220;The great empire of Rome ends when the barbarians cut the aqueducts. Putin can simply turn off the gas. 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