Why don't the Europeans buy cheap energy from Russia?
Posted on 06/26/2022 5:26:55 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
PARIS (AP) — Leaders of three French energy companies on Sunday called on the French public to immediately reduce consumption of fuel, oil, electricity and gas amid shortages and soaring prices due to Russia’s supply cuts and the war in Ukraine.
“The effort must be immediate, collective and massive,” the leaders of the three companies, TotalEnergies, EDF and Engie said in a rare joint statement that was published in the French weekly Journal du Dimanche. “Every gesture counts,” the statement said.
Russia has cut — and in some case shut off — gas supplies to several European Union countries in retaliation for the 27-member bloc’s sanctions against Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.
For months, the European energy system has been under severe strain and the French energy system has not been spared. The level of alert on gas stocks across the continent is high and rationing measures have been put in place. France, like other European countries, is trying to beef up its gas reserves for winter, aiming to fill up its storage by early autumn to avert an economic and political crisis.
“Taking action in the summer will prepare us for winter,” the energy companies’ leaders said.
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Why don't the Europeans buy cheap energy from Russia?
Every summer, a bunch of French oldsters tip over when heat waves hit France:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_European_heat_wave#France
...you figure they would have learned twice before.
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They enthusiastically allowed the formation of the EU where they elect representatives who have only the power to debate. All the real power is appointive.
Timeline of European Union history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_European_Union_history
Since the 1950s, when they’d barely finished clearing the rubble.
Notice they even began with energy.
It’s the 1000 Year Reich in democratic clothing. And North America is next on the menu.
... farther north than Milwaukee.
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I am also North of Milwaukee. At 43.97N, we can have weeks of high 80’s to 90s and above each summer.
Everyone is being forced into using only electricity, everywhere. And we are also being nudged and bullied into EV. So, you are correct: manufacturing will be curtailed. Trains will be sidelined. They will sit in the dark, but with cell phones, until that becomes problematic for the Rulers.
I occasionally watch an Austrian vlogger, Survival Lily, who has advised Europeans to make sure they have solar generators in addition to standard preps.
She has little hope for Europe, going forward. The best that come of this $#!+ show is that the EU will collapse as every nation reverts to its own self-interest. But as TPTB strike the set on their grand illusion, it is going to be a calamity, everywhere.
Well, you are right on both counts.
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