That’s OK - the US, Qatar and Algeria are driving their herds of petroleum-product-excreting unicorns over the Alps into Austria at this very moment, just in the nick of time...
5 posted on 03/24/2022 2:10:00 PM PDT by kiryandil
(China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
Doesn't have to be immediate: the demand goes both ways, as Russia doesn't have the infrastructure in place to ship to China yet. A year from now it's unlikely the Europeans will be importing any gas from Russia.
And they've already said no to Russia's demand to paid in Rubles.
6 posted on 03/24/2022 2:35:41 PM PDT by pierrem15
("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )