You can say that again...
President Trump warned them about relying on Russia.
How is the global warning crowd going to keep themselves from freezing and how much more frozen will they have to get before reality sets in and they come up with some rubles?
There are no fossil fuels. The words have been a gaming of reality.
There are hydrocarbons aplenty formed and continuing to be formed through geologic processes to help make life better and more productive. Atmospheric CO2 is not a pollutant, and the only men who think mankind are a "cancer on the earth" are the globalist Left and corporatists, who want to rule, profit and decimate at the same time.
Modern technology creates "cleaner" use of energy, and the US has reduced its pollution in many metrics.
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If Germany does engage with the ‘petroruble’ then the Ruble will go up.
Putin has placed a floor on the price of Gold of 5000 Rubles per gram. I say a ‘floor’, as 5000 Rubles per gram works out lower than the current market price.
But if the Ruble does go up due e.g. to the ‘petroruble’ then the price of Gold will be supported by arbitrage.
Trump told you so, but you were just too smart and sophisticated to listen. You thought it was a joke.
Better ditch the Gaia worship fast. You can’t worship Gaia and have security + a functioning economy at the same time. You have to choose one.
In the meantime get used to paying in Roubles.
This is a catch-22 for Russia.
They can take this stand, but for how long? They cannot go a month without the income from selling gas and it’s the same for wheat, fertilizer, etc.
Russia will collapse without this daily inflow of money, whatever form it takes.
Germany and the rest of the EU should call their bluff.
Who would give in first? EU from lack of gas, grain and fertiilzer? Or Russia for lack of income?
Only God knows.........
Much of the problem are the idiotic sanctions against Russia, which to me look like war. We (our government, along with Europe), wants to destroy the Russian Ruble, economy and government.
I don’t know if it was officially sanctioned or something some German YouTubers made, but last Fall I saw a German PSA video that was basically “how to not freeze to death in your unheated apartment”. I wish I had bookmarked it. I was hoping your comment link was it, but alas, no. Had old folks all bundled up in an apartment, multiple candles burning, etc.
Energy policy by an autistic Nordic teenager is not a good look for an economic titan. It is not ending well. And Trump warned of German over-reliance on Russian energy, and was poo-pooed, when he was trying to force Germany and the rest of the NATO countries to ante up on their military spending obligations.
No petrol. No natural gas. No Letter Z.
Some of us baby boomers very familiar with post WW2 will not care if the Germans freeze. Maybe they should have listened to Trump.
Who are the "other Europe" suppliers? is that like Ukraine?
He, or rather, his handlers, have increased demand on something that has a limited supply due to government forced decreased production.
What's that "supply and demand" thingy?
“The Kremlin said on Wednesday that demanding ruble payments for exports of oil, grain, fertilizers, coal, metals and other key commodities in addition to natural gas was a good idea, Russia’s top lawmaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on Wednesday, per Reuters.”
That’s a big deal.
Russia is a top 2 or 3 exporter of wheat, oil and gas.
If so, we won' t be told. But we can keep an eye on the Euro to Ruble rate . If the Ruble goes up and stays up, then somebody is buying it.