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Environment & Energy

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,712 posts) Wed Aug 25, 2021, 08:48 AM Aug 2021

Gas Shortage Boosts Russia's Sway Over Europe's Energy Markets

Europe is facing a gas shortage just as Russia is completing its Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany, increasing President Putin’s leverage

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Gas Shortage Boosts Russia's Sway Over Europe's Energy Markets (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 OP

Skripal, Solarwinds, Guccifer, etc... it's past time they were denied their Arctic spoils. (Nt) FreepFryer Aug 2021 #1

It always surprised me why Trump was so against Nordstream 2, OnDoutside Aug 2021 #2

Trump's support of the U.S.A. fossil fuel industry exceeded his loyalty to Putin. hunter Aug 2021 #3

FreepFryer

(7,077 posts)

1. Skripal, Solarwinds, Guccifer, etc... it's past time they were denied their Arctic spoils. (Nt)

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Aug 25, 2021, 08:51 AM

Aug 2021

OnDoutside

(19,982 posts)

2. It always surprised me why Trump was so against Nordstream 2,

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Aug 25, 2021, 08:59 AM

Aug 2021

Which of course would hurt Putin if it was blocked. This gives added leverage or rather reduces the leverage Ukraine had, as Russia now have an alternate route to get the gas to Europe. I think it is a mistake that Europe have any dealings with the despot.

hunter

(38,340 posts)

3. Trump's support of the U.S.A. fossil fuel industry exceeded his loyalty to Putin.

Reply to OnDoutside (Reply #2)

Thu Aug 26, 2021, 05:56 PM

Aug 2021

Germany's anti-nuclear renewable energy schemes failed which opened up German markets for coal and gas imports.

The U.S.A. could potentially export a lot of coal and Liquefied Natural Gas to Germany but ultimately the Russian gas was cheap.

The political fallout of this will be horrible, worse than nuclear waste.

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