“…if fighting erupts in Ukraine, gas will shut off. Would you supply gas to someone attacking you? And if Uke gas is cut off, Germans and Poles lose their gas unless Nordstream is opened.”
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The existing Nord Stream 1 pipeline has a capacity of 55 billion cubic meters of gas a year. If the Nord Stream 2 pipeline is opened it will add another 55 billion cubic meters of capacity. If Ukraine cuts off the supply of Russian gas piped through its territory then, yes, Germany will be severely impacted and will be under tremendous pressure to approve quick opening of NS 2. If you think about it, Ukraine would be STUPID to shut down that pipeline (they would lose THEIR natural gas supply as well as impacting Germany and Poland) but we will see.
Not Ukraine shutting it off, they won’t have a choice. The gas enters Ukraine from Russia and flows on to Germany. If Ukraine starts shooting at Russians, the Russians will turn off their gas. Then Ukes cannot send it further downstream into Poland and Germany.
I have been in both Ukraine and Germany, when Putin turned off the gas. And in the winter.
He was simply just pressuring political parties in Ukraine, and showing Germany who was boss.
I have been in both Ukraine and Germany, when Putin turned off the gas. And in the winter.
He was simply just pressuring political parties in Ukraine, and showing Germany who was boss.