Oh, I realise. But the article specified toilet paper. Also, the Iberian peninsula is connected to North Africa via a pipeline that goes all the way to the French border. Were it not for opposition from the French and regulatory red tape, a pipeline to Germany could be completed in 9 months.
Ah! North africa... Macron is in algeria right now... Pobably sucking a lot of cocks...
Now the thing also is the capacity https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220223-qatar-no-one-can-replace-russia-gas-supply-to-europe-quickly/
Qatar: No one can replace Russia gas supply to Europe quickly
There aren't just the european needs to cover here, the rest of the world didn't just disappear, and nobody wants to fuck themselves for the sake of europe
Reality is that germany, among others, put themselves in an impossible/untenable position, they have reserves for now, but then what? You just can't hold your breath forever, that's not a strategy, and the "market' knows this...
And even to fight russia it's a very poor strategy move; you ruin your industry and economy and society, and you want to fight after that on top of it?
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German MP Says Russia's Nord Stream 2 "Only Sensible Solution" To Energy Crisis | "Even if the gas storage facilities are full, there will be enough for about three months this winter. And then what? "
He's right
They have to cave
And I think they will
The idea of natural gas or oil scarcity is laughable. This is really no different than the famines of Ethiopia; entirely political and easily resolved. Europe is literally surrounded by reserves on all sides and throughout but has bought too much into the lie than CO2 is somehow a pollutant that will cause the land to burn and the oceans to rise and become acidic. The answer is enntirely resolvable without Russian sources (not that I believe this Russian bogeyman hoax) but the rest of Europe is utterly too compromised and likely wanton of a crisis to justify further humiliation before becoming ever more socialist totalitarian.
I agree
Artificial scarcity is very real though
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