Posted on 04/14/2022 2:05:16 AM PDT by caww
European governments have been working hard to find alternatives to both Russian pipeline and liquefied gas in order to become more independent and to keep money from flowing to Vladimir Putin, as well as to bring down energy prices.
That’s leading some to rethink restrictions on exploiting shale gas reserves.
The U.K. government last week commissioned the British Geological Survey to review the safety of fracking, which is currently subject to a moratorium, now that the war in Ukraine has locked in and exacerbated high energy prices.
Separately, a mix of British business leaders have begun a campaign of their own, urging the government to lift the moratorium and start “to frack gas under our feet,”
Then, there’s Germany: Bavarian Minister-President Markus Soder said over the weekend a law banning fracking should be revisited and that leaders “have a constitutional duty to keep an unbiased eye on all options in such extraordinary times of crisis,”
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Bunch of dumb a****. Did what the USA said...paying the price. I’m betting that before it’s over Nord 2 will be approved and flowing to save Germany and the EU from their suicidal climate change policies...instigated by the USA.
The Europeans need to decide between having modern economies and having at least some degree of energy security or sacrificing to Gaia.
Its really that simple.
In the meantime, we have 10x what the middle ease has just in the NW but, in the name of climate control, we can’t touch it.
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