He who controls the food supply even has more power!
About a year ago, Ukraine was the victim of a scam. It signed a deal for an LNG facility with a person claiming to represent a company that could indeed build such a facility. The company subsequently claimed not to have any relationship with the man. Some thought it was a diversion by the Russians.
A better choice is to use the Turkish LNG facility near the Bosporus and use the current pipeline through which gas flows from Ukraine to Turkey.
If Obama had a lick of sense he’d immediately order the issuance of permits for the Cove Point and Gulf of Mexico LNG liquidification facilities. In one stroke of the pen he’d have Putin by the balls. Russia is dependent on oil and gas sales for 50% of its federal budget.
Replacing Russian natural gas with American natural gas would end Russian dreams of an empire.
Dang!
I wish I'd thought of this!
Russia is sitting on even bigger energy reserves in eastern Siberia—reserves that may come online in the next 20 years. That’s why two companies the watch for are Gazprom (Russia’s primary natural gas producer) and Rosneft (Russia’s primary oil producer)—they may soon be as influential as Saudi Aramco and international energy conglomerates like Chevron, Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell.
What Ukraine should have done years ago was develop nuclear power.
TOTALITARIAN control doesn’t begin or end with energy. If left unchecked, TOTALITARIANS will control everything. Witness history. Witness current events.
Declaration/Anti-Federalists/Federalists/Constitution (take a look) BUMP!