1) USA becomes a natural gas exporter based on fracking mostly in the Appalachians.
2) USA tells Germany they can't turn on Nordstream 2. Threatens German officials if they turn it on.
3) Russia invades Ukraine.
4) Some country sabotages Nordstream 2.
5) Germany builds port to import natural gas via the sea. Mostly from Qatar and USA, but definitely not from Russia.
Did I miss anything?
Now I read an article in the WSJ praising Germany for helping USA's natural gas exports. Meanwhile the German Greens get more militaristic and anti-environment every year.
It's cheaper to import natural gas via a pipeline than via diesel powered ships, and it's impossible to deliver enough via ships for all of Europe. Yet the German Greens prefer burning diesel to get their natural gas in slowly if it means we can pretend to be sanctioning Russia. But were not actually sanctioning Russia because we're stil buying fuel from them, only at a set price.
As a European I get sick of being America's bitch sometimes. Russia is still selling all of their natural gas and oil. We've accomplished nothing but gimped ourselves for the sake of licking American boots. The USA just told ASML, Dutch supplier of chip making infrastructure, that they are not allowed to sell to China. Why, because China bad and we're America's bitch. That's the only reason given. Once again ASML was forced into compliance by threats from the Americans, and they complied because we're their little bitch that they get to smack around.
My winter gas prices are through the roof. Not because of Russia, or Ukraine, or any European reason. But because the Americans won't let us buy gas from Russia and instead force us to import it via the sea from the USA, Qatar, etc.
Point 4 and 5 should be switched around. Germany decided to build the LNG terminals before Norstream 2 was sabotaged. Pretty important, because at that point it was already very questionable if Nordstream 2 would ever go into operation.
Except this time we know what happens when you try to cooperate with Russia - eventually you get invaded and genocided, as evidenced in Ukraine. USA is a lesser evil.
1) USA becomes a natural gas exporter based on fracking mostly in the Appalachians.
2) USA tells Germany they can't turn on Nordstream 2. Threatens German officials if they turn it on.
3) Russia invades Ukraine.
4) Some country sabotages Nordstream 2.
5) Germany builds port to import natural gas via the sea. Mostly from Qatar and USA, but definitely not from Russia.
Did I miss anything?
Now I read an article in the WSJ praising Germany for helping USA's natural gas exports. Meanwhile the German Greens get more militaristic and anti-environment every year.
It's cheaper to import natural gas via a pipeline than via diesel powered ships, and it's impossible to deliver enough via ships for all of Europe. Yet the German Greens prefer burning diesel to get their natural gas in slowly if it means we can pretend to be sanctioning Russia. But were not actually sanctioning Russia because we're stil buying fuel from them, only at a set price.
As a European I get sick of being America's bitch sometimes. Russia is still selling all of their natural gas and oil. We've accomplished nothing but gimped ourselves for the sake of licking American boots. The USA just told ASML, Dutch supplier of chip making infrastructure, that they are not allowed to sell to China. Why, because China bad and we're America's bitch. That's the only reason given. Once again ASML was forced into compliance by threats from the Americans, and they complied because we're their little bitch that they get to smack around.
My winter gas prices are through the roof. Not because of Russia, or Ukraine, or any European reason. But because the Americans won't let us buy gas from Russia and instead force us to import it via the sea from the USA, Qatar, etc.