Posted on 07/12/2022 4:21:09 PM PDT by MtnClimber
As Russian gas cutoffs upend European energy security, the continent is struggling to cope with what experts say is one of its worst-ever energy crises—and it could still get much worse.
For months, European leaders have been haunted by the prospect of losing Russia’s natural gas supply, which accounts for some 40 percent of European imports and has been a crucial energy lifeline for the continent. That nightmare is now becoming a painful reality as Moscow slashes its flows in retaliation for Europe’s support for Ukraine, dramatically increasing energy prices and forcing many countries to resort to emergency plans, and as backup energy suppliers such as Norway and North Africa are failing to step up.
“This is the most extreme energy crisis that has ever occurred in Europe,” said Alex Munton, an expert on global gas markets at Rapidan Energy Group, a consultancy. “Europe [is] looking at the very real prospect of not having sufficient gas when it’s most needed, which is during the coldest part of the year.”
“Prices have shot through the roof,” added Munton, who noted that European natural gas prices—nearly $50 per MMBTu—have eclipsed U.S. price rises by nearly tenfold. “That is an extraordinarily high price to be paying for natural gas, and really there is no immediate way out from here.”
Many officials and energy experts worry that the crisis will only deepen after Nord Stream 1, the largest gas pipeline from Russia to Europe, is taken down for scheduled maintenance this week. Although the pipeline is supposed to be under repair for only 10 days, the Kremlin’s history of energy blackmail and weaponization has stoked fears that Moscow won’t turn it back on—leaving heavily reliant European countries in the lurch. (Russia’s second pipeline to Germany, Nord Stream 2, was killed in February
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Could care less or couldn’t care less? Which is it?
Which ever it is I am less caring!
Maybe what Europe is doing to it’s citizens is intentional.
Maybe Trump noticed the problem and pointed it out, but didn’t realize it was intentional.
Or maybe they’re just retards.
Good catch...
Could not care less...
They should've been haunted by the fact that they ignored President Trump when he tried to warn them of this situation.
I would trust russia LONG before I would trust biden and the deep-staters. And I don’t trust russia at all.
As Trump predicted....
“Russia can’t be trusted. “
I have seen nothing but rational decisions coming from Russia. Unlike Europe.
Perhaps Frau Merkel can suggest a way out of the mess she created.
Green weiners= gweenies
Energy blackmail. Rule one in blackmail.
Do not put yourself in a position to get blackmailed
I’m trying to care and succeeding. I’m trying not to laugh but not succeeding.
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