Could Putin FREEZE Europe by cutting off GAS? - VisualPolitik EN
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We are living through the worst energy crisis in 50 years. In many countries in Europe, the debate is not whether the price of gas will rise more or less (which, of course, it will) but to what extent there will be enough fuel to heat homes in the harsh winter.
Historically, Europe has been highly dependent on Russian gas imports. However, Russia is now prepared to reduce supply drastically. This could put the entire European Union on the ropes. This would not only affect industries and pocketbooks but the welfare of millions of Europeans, who could spend a winter without heating in their homes.
The question is: Is it really possible that countries like Germany will run out of heat this year? What are the real numbers of this crisis? In this video we tell you.
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And how Can if BE free? Bro U tell Lil me some some ?!!
We In denmark we Can get it from germany !! Thats where we go when we dont have more !!
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9:37 Wrong: germany caverns are filled close to 80% and that is increasing daily even with just 20% and the full caverns will last longer than a quarter of a winter.
Finally: russia does not make higher profits or turnovers from gas or oil cause china and india are getting a 30% discount cause if not they would not buy telling Russia that their war has caused the huge price increase.
And Russia will not get back the customer they have had for 50 years since the pipelines had started.
Will anyone trust any russian again ?
Maybe in decades and for incredible discounts but not any time soon.
And they will loose the war anyway as they have already lost it considering that the Russians were far, far slower in conquering tiny parts of russia compared to Hitler in 1941.
Will be funny to see all the russians in the occupied territory get threatened by the long distance rockets and not being protected by the russian version of the iron dome.
And what they are conquerings are gravels for which the russians will have to pay in a century .
Meanwhile the push to green energy is continuing much faster than before. Solar power everywhere, wind turbines in off shore parks and in the country. Does not look that bad.
And heating can be achieved by heatpumps for a lot cheaper than before.
"or other made up temperatures" that one good sir, did not go unnoticed 😂🤣☠️👌
As a czech man I would rather freeze than spend 4 months without beer :/
Just go to southeast asia, it is so refeshing in here, so many beaches and BEER
How you guys can consume a cold beverages in winters
@@singhanirudhbp warm beer is awful :)
@@jovancleanse hard liquor is also an option, in my area winter is about 10-20 celsius still that time I prefer rum/whiskey than beer, can't imagin how you all do that
@@singhanirudhbp Drinking strong alcohol when it's cold outside is kinda risky (damages cardiovascular system). Also, there is a funny thing, i.e. you're partying with your friends outdoors and it is -15°C you drink a lot and feel good, then you come home to +25°C and alcohol immediately hits your head so hard you can barely stand.
I would just buy a RTX 4090.
That will probably draw more power than a radiator.
I know you're joking, but all electronics do work as electric heaters. The issue is that heating with electricity is really expensive. I guess you could mine crypto to offset some of the cost, but any other type of heating is generally more ecologic.
My 1080 ti actually did the heating for my room better with a 220W power draw.So this is actually not a bad idea.
lets do some crypto mining in the living room to stay warm while the mining compensate some of the costs
I mostly used my 3090 last year. Running at 390w it did a pretty good job.
@@shintsu01 mining buttcoins while heating your ass, what an age to be alive!
Using stock footage of Stockholm when saying 40% of heating in Europe uses natural gas is a bit misleading since Sweden's use of natural gas for heating is negligeable.
Russians and some Europeans were laughing at Poland being cut off from Russian gas but turns out Poland was the most prepared. Pipeline to Norway, LNG terminal and pipe line connection to Lithuanian LNG port. Ohh how turntables.
I Finland we don't even use natural gas for heating, that's just stupid.
We know what Russia really is, and that it cannot be trusted in any way. Gerhard Schröder did an excellent job for Putin. Greetings from Kraków.
@Wojtek Troll Actually Germany would have enough, if it wouldnt export so much energy to other countries.
Imagine if Putin did cutoff gas and Europe retaliated by helping Ukraine kill every last Russian soldier in their territory!
@@millmoormichael6630 yes There are households with gas heating on Finland and it used to be dirt cheap.
To be honest, Germany should never had made themselves addicted to Russian Gas, we in the rest of EU is paying for it even if we dont use gas at all.
If anything Europe not trying to transition away from gas in the first place is the problem.
Hell just the thought of living in a house that uses gas for anything is something I could never do.
@@_gungrave_6802 Thats what i mean. They talk like all of Europe uses gas. But actually there is alot of countries in Europe who dont rely in gas. But because we are in an energy union we have to pay for expensive gas for Germans and Italians because they fully rely on it. Its like if Texas made a bad Gas deal and the rest of the US have to share the bill.
its the speculators who create the problems by their greed, and governments get sucked in, what really pisses me off is China gives the world Covid, China produces all the testing kits and the protectve clothing and sells it all to the people they infected in the first place, when are we going to get real,
it was a mechanism for peace because Putin's government is reliant on revenue from EU and cant earn the same elsewhere (purchasing power and lack of shipping infra like pipelines). But Putin was dumb enough to throw away this golden goose
@@MacDaddy8200 Thats part of being a union. In the debt crisis germany helped greece, italy and spain. Currently France's electricity system is failing and germany produces the energy for france. Maybe in the winter its the other way round. You help a friend if they need it and you are able to.
If there’s a shortage of beer in Europe I think the population would revolt.
Amen 🙏
But protest in the warmth of their home lol
@@gold3084 maybe we will all drink vodka 😵💫
No, people would start to make moonshine
The Beer Revolution of 2022
More than 80 % of Romania's gas cunsumption is currently met by domestic production. The map you showed is too old to be relevant
As Romania is a part of NATO, Germany wants that gas.
@@polysporin8332 Germany has enough gas. Germany exported russian gas before. Also what does NATO have to do with it? Did you mean the EU?
@@youareliedtobythemedia humor. some get it. some don't
The answer is let it get uncomfortable and when we sit in the cold, we will show three things we are very resilient, we will learn to share and we will change. After a winter comes a spring - it could trigger a boom in local geothermal municipal energy production. Trust me Europeans are not that lethargic as Americans think they are.
Are you sure about the comment Americans being lethargic? Americans are not the one who trusted a murdering Dictator. German and European gas prices have been on the rise for years and nothing was done to counter this action from Russia. America attempted more than its share of peace talks to try and prevent this War. Nobody said you Europe wouldn't survive the winter. It's been done for Centuries.
You have alot of volcanic activity in Germany?
How do you reject heat to the internal system (geothermal heatpump) unless you have a high temp thermal source?
If you have a cold underground you can reject heat to that in order to cool......but it doesn't work both ways.
@@bmphil3400 Or you could just open Nord stream 2 which you helped develop until you fail to produce thermal energy.
@@scobiesview5137 Why would we want to do what Russia wants?
Or it could trigger massive nationalist/populist wins in elections and throw Europe to a dark age. The electorate these days is under heavy influence of misinformation.
I live in Switzerland and the problem here isn't about gas but about electricity. They fear an electricity shortage in the winter. Kind of hypocritical since for year they wanted us to switch to elecrtic heating and driving electric anything, and now they cannot supply enough power. While I have an oil heating system in my house I still don't like the idea of power and internet not working in the middle of winter.
Oil heating requires electricity to operate the pumps and ignition system. Do you have a stove that can build solid fuels.
Soon the entire world would have electricity shortage as we are being pushed more and more towards buying electric vehicles and what not. I bet that south african clown's idea of using solar panels not working well in Switzerland. Putin knows europeans very well, how self righteous, snobby idiots Europeans can be. He is just patiently waiting for winter to come . And just like the winter of 1943 started the destruction of Nazi war horse, this winter will be the beginning of the end of Europe.
Without electricity nothing works..... except conventional fireplaces or stoves powered by woods.
buy nuclear energy from france? if not, figure out how to use personal generators. africans can do it so so can you.
@@jonathanodude6660 😂 Half of French nuclear power plants are offline at the moment, in part because of the drought and low water. Same for Swiss hydropower. Not enough rain. Coal freighters have problems to navigate the rivers. Meanwhile Germany is exporting six times as much electricity to France and Switzerland than last year. And a good chunk is produced with natural gas despite the price. 😏
The Greens : " because of global warming , we will turn off the nuclear reactors and you have to freeze to death this winter " . Ill never forget the Germans giggling at Trump when he warned them of this scenario playing out at the UN .
When Trump was president Germany was governed by the conservatives. Trump never spoke to the Green party.
@@helgaioannidis9365 who were the "Giggling men" at the UN ? Im sure you remember the images Im referring to . They should be named and shamed .
Hard not to laugh at that manchild Trump. The guy struggled to write coherent sentences and the world leaders were supposed to take him seriously?
@@Solaxe YES , or suffer the present consequences . Forget the media hatchet job , see through the noise and listen attentively , or not , your choice . Stay warm this winter .
Exactly, those "genius" Germans did away with carbon-neutral nuclear in exchange for selling their sovereignty for Russian fossil fuels. Meanwhile the so-called "dumb Pollacks" adequately prepared for this crisis!
I don't believe there's enough supply globally to magically replace such a large portion of the energy pie. We were already in deep trouble with energy prices due to a decade of mal-investment in energy sources that aren't presently reliable (storage technology does not exist at the scale needed to make wind and solar a substitute for oil and gas). Our leaders have collectively embraced an energy policy based on wishful thinking and idealism rather than pragmatism, and now we are figuratively and literally paying the price.
theres a lot to be said for living in hot countries
@@connynielson8686 I think Qatar has extremely high energy use per capita right after Canada. I think for them it's used for desalination of water.
@@connynielson8686
Im living in QLD Australia..
I can make do with simple fan during summer and woollen jumper in winter but,
I was in the air-conditioning industry for years and have our heating and cooling needs sorted even if there's no power...
Europe should have listened to Trump !
Storage does exist, unfortunately the batteries needed for renewables are questionable for efficiency, as for this video advertising, people being sell outs for cash, it's the rich that think they control the poor, it's both ways actually, we need to show the world how reliable we are, whole world needs to strike over this!
Why don't you be nice to Russia and get all those cheap gas Russia is selling.
Russia is very reliable supplier even in hard times. USA is trying to colonize Russia is it have all the gas, oil ,gold that USA want. They plan to do a Yugoslavia. But thank God Sanctions have backfired. Not Russian fault either ! There's no country can supply the volume of gas to EU than Russia can.
WEF are making everybody a slave. The Elites will be richer.
I am from Slovakia, who usually ends on the list of countries mostly dependent on Russian gas as 80% of our import comes from Russia. But the interesting part here is that that is literally just for heating and heavy industry. Electricity for example here is 57% nuclear, 25% hydro+renewables and only some 3% gas and 2% oil (which is back to pre-war prices if you check). So I am super happy we didn't listened to the Greenpeace folks in the 90s running around Europe protesting nukes like the Germans did.
But I also understand people will go crazy because most of the homes are gas heated, and despite I am not afraid about the grid (will be fine and since we today have AC units running crazy during 38C heatwaves and gaming PCs that eat 300-500W these days) should hold. The problem is only heavy industry and also people here are snowflakes that heat their homes to 25C in winter on gas and go protesting if anything goes up in price and consider someone asking them to lover termostat an attack on their freedom.
In summary, I am not afraid someone will freeze in Europe. I am only afraid that the narrative of any discomfort (as I said people in wealthy democratic nations are snowflakes) will be hijacked by anti-systemic parties across Europe and I only fear multiple Orbans pop-ing up across Europe and doing some "1938 Munich" deal with Putin, which ended at the end just as badly as you assume learned in History class.
You should build Krško Unit 2 ASAP
So why not remove sanctions?
Also fyi nuclear plants still use diesel for maintenance equipment
Your fridge eats up to around a thousand watts to cool its content, your oven uses up thousands just to heat and cook.
@@Drunken_Master you are thinking about Slovenia, he is from Slovakia :).
I mean... germany would be fine without nuclear, but currently germany is producing energy for 1,5 countries, since frances nuclear reactors are failing. The CO2 intensity of germanies electricity mix is abysmal (not as bad as poland though), but at least its stable - or was until germany had to step in for france's failing nuclear power plants.
Meanwhile, me in Portugal on winter... "lets open the window, its too hot inside". xD
American scientists have just proved that there is no winter in Portugal. Best wishes from Poland😁
Perfect, now let's just build a pipeline from your window to the rest of Europe ;)
Hahahahahaha really? Same in Egypt by the way the winter only gets so harsh in January and February the rest is so doable.
@@witekswoj2236 that’s good
@@witekswoj2236 Spain: its bit hot today right?
Are you joking? Lots of us here in Europe have heating systems that don't work at all. I used to live in an old house where the heating system didn't work for 2 years and yet we still managed to get through the winter. I am not scared at all. The rich, who are too afraid of using blankets, should be.
but there are scary things under the blankets
At 22 I was comfortably sleeping in a nice bag on the side of a snow-covered volcano and resumed climbing @4 AM. Now I am WAY older and would like to feel comfortable now as well. What one needs for comfort changes with age.
I guess it depends on what part of Europe you live in. You wouldn't want to try that in Alps, Slovakia's Orava region or in most regions in Nordic countries. Also, in cold temperatures you're much easier to catch an infection and much harder to treat it, not to mention the problem of humidity, drying laundry, maintaining hygiene, especially with children and elderly
Приветствую, у вас правда 1квт стоит 0,8 евро??? Я позлорадствовать мог бы если бы ну хотя бы в 5 раз дороже чем у нас, но это неприлично много же(((
Greetings, is it true that 1 kW costs 0,8 euros??? I could gloat if, well, at least 5 times more expensive than ours, but it's indecent a lot (((
Putin isn't cutting access, unless war were declared, instead the EU said they are cutting access in protest to Ukraine war.
Didn't age well 😂
That's true. And the reason why Nordstream 2 will be not certified.
The risk is too big, that in spite of propaganda, Putin will feed NS2 to a 100 percent of its capacity.
NS1 works so low, because of a turbine, serviced in Canada, the west will not take out of the sanctions list.
So every russian company leader, who touches this turbine, gets personally at risk to be caught by western police,
if he travels to a vessel country, so they refuse.
Poland seems much more in tune with reality of Russia compared to the rest of the EU.
I used to dismiss their views as conservative, stuck in the past, unaware of the modern Russian "psyche." Sadly, they had more insight than I gave them credit for. (My parents have Polish heritage, and I grew up and was educated in more "insightful" modern Canada.)
They have first hand experience of how the Russians operate. Smart people, Germany needs to take note and learn something
Despite the afford, there is still a high level of anxiety here. We don't know if there will be enough gas to fill the pipeline from Norway, so it's mining has limits and we don't know if there will be enough ships to carry LNG to gas terminal. Household heating coal prices skyrocket. There is even bad quality coal, coal dust, even turf bricks allowed to sell. Most probably we will not freeze this winter, however it will be expensive and stinky one for sure. We will also have to share what little natural gas we have with Germany, so most probably there will be also no beer* and what is even more important largely decreased production of fertilizers - the biggest user of natural gas here.
*Poland is a beer country like Czechs, however we can also produce a great vodka, so we are more known for it ;)
@@zjeee"Never trust a Russian, because Russian does not believe even to themselves" - Otto (kuta)von Bismarck
They know a thing or two because they've seen a thing or two
If Germany deferred switching off their last 3 Nuclear reactors in December, AND brought the 3 reactors they shut down last December back into service, they would have much more electrical power, which could be used to heat homes. Last year approx 13% of their gas usage was to generate electricity. Their refusal to do use the 6 Nuclear reactors is politically driven. Even if they choose to freeze, should they not generate this using Nuclear to export to countries like Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria who are very dependent on Russian gas?
Currently Germany is in the process of closing 3 out of it's 6 nuclear reactors by start of 2023 and starting 6 new nuclear reactors by end of 2023, so they're actually upping their nuclear capabilities
Then again, we don’t have an electricity problem but a heating problem. The remaining electricity generated by gas have a jumper purpose. Nuclear energy doesn’t solve the heating problem.
@@StoryTellerPI11 that's Bullsh*t with greens in power nothing will happen to that regard
Germany could look into converting their reactors into smaller scale ones that are safer, the smaller you scale nuclear power, the magnitude of nuclear waste shrinks as well.
And Germany can easily change heat systems into electric heat pumps
Tbh I think (in developed countries) the places with harsher winter climates would be easier to deal with. In those places everywhere is heated all the time because otherwise your plumbing might freeze. I've noticed people from places with harsh winters suffer when they come to a country with mild winters. We don't have the same heating infrastructure, it's often cold inside buildings. If the heating system in your house breaks down it's not a serious emergency and might not be fixed for weeks.
Yes! Where I am from our winters are between -20 and -30. Now I live in a country where it doesn't even snow in winter and temperatures usually never drop below 0. However I am so much colder here because it's cold inside.
Definitely! The same applies for seasons. In Russia we have central heating in urban areas on for a half of a year, and the coldest days (subjectively, realfeel) are the ones before the heating is on and right after it is off. Regarding the heating in Moscow is always on when it's lower than +8°C outdoors, it may seem funny, that in winter people actually don't freeze but they feel cold in late April and early October (+10°C)
See the exact same thing in the States; the South is just not prepared for a mild winter, have pipes right outside with no insulation in some areas! Fine 95% of the time, but that 5% comes, and you life is ruined for a week or two (as everyone else has the same issue, and the backlog for the single plumber in your small town becomes an imperial mile long).
9:35 Its quite easy to fill the storage to 99% when you have lowest capacity of storage in EU😁 in relation to consumption. Cheers from Poland! And the second aspect - Poland have build LNG terminal to have gas cheaper because "somehow" russian Jamal gas prices were crazy, while gas from NS1 had prices three times lower.
This may finally bring us new and affordable warm clothing designs.
And why not ? Heating your house with gas is a luxury of the past 60 years or so. Humanity has done 2000 years without. There will be discomfort but no big issues.
Uhm actually that would mean that there would be a rise in demand for affordable warm clothing so prices on those would also rise therefore they would no longer be as affordable
Winter may be harsh but it will pass.
And what do you think will happen with Europe paying 5x more for energy and not having access to Russian raw materials?
@@Martincic2010 Europe has a capacity to buy more expensive energy, like Germany as a nation that has average salary between 2500eur/month to 3000eur/month, do you think paying more for gas heating (which was before the war around 100eur/month) or switching to electric heating is a problem ? The only scare is short term shock as electrical grid is not ready yet or suppliers of LNG take time to ship from alternative sources. But that is literally a case for a year to adapt the infrastructure and political presure as people in wealthy nations are snowflakes that start protesting the moment something goes up 5%. The materials Materials can come from alternative sources, africa and china. Since Germany has one of the most advanced chemical industries they will find even alternative materials to put into the products.
What do you think has an easier time to adapt? Europe with 40% energy import from Russia, which has wast financial sector and advanced industry, or Russia that only exports 80% only energy as they literally produce nothing essential. Russian cars are a joke outside Russia, no tech giants, no software giants, no microchips, weapons industry is on this point mostly cloned by China that most weapons sales in Africa as traditional Russian market is now dominated by Chinas weapon manufacturers.
Short term there will be shock and hard winter. But my money is on Europe long term to adapt much easier than Russia.
@@Martincic2010 The Eu will do better than Russia in the long run.
@@Martincic2010 "And what do you think will happen with Europe paying 5x more for energy and not having access to Russian raw materials?"
Eu will buy material elsewhere, it is not like Russia has a monopoly on that.
@@anteeko Have you looked on the map the size of Russia and where Russia is? Do you think you will be able to compete with China by paying 5x more for energy and using other countries as intermediaries that will resell Russia's raw material to you? for the love of god
Here in Spain, we are not affected by the shortage in Russian oil supply, in fact, we are going to be gas donators to north Europe countries like the Netherlands, this country, in particular, did not want to lend us money after the coronavirus crisis, but these are political questions if it would depend on me the only gas Dutch people would see this winter would be from a can of Coca-Cola or pepsi.
Holland literally has it's own gas field where Spain doesn't.... Holland could just offer your suppliers more to have the ships sail to Holland instead of Spain...
@@Eklund1984 @David Guerrero hey guys, totally agree on discussing things but keep in mind: together we can stand this. Unfortunately it might be only the beginning of something bigger and we will have to defend our democratic values.
❤❤ from 🇩🇪 to 🇳🇱 and 🇪🇸.
I see it as a deescallation actually. Remember February? When Russias argument was "don't interact or there will be a nuclear strike"
We went from nukes to a cold Winter. Thats way better.
you a lier. Give me any video even fake one where Putin has opened his mouth saying he will will nuke europe.
Who said this " argument " and when?
@@FatBug12 Peskov did. And both Lavrov and Putin hinted it indirectly many times.
@@shchenka5973 can you provide a link to this?
In April I had to do a presentation for my masters in renewable energies on the Groningen gas field (I live in Groningen-city). At €95 per MWh (it was like €217 a few weeks back idk what it is now) there is €450 billion worth of gas in the Groninger soil.
The government shut the thing down to a tiny fraction of what it was, because of small earthquakes. But in 60 years of drilling there have been no injuries or worse. Both my parents and I have a damaged house from the gas-drilling, but in my view the gas is too essential to sustain the European economy not to use. I hope my government reconsiders and perhaps compensate the residents properly for once.
New york has huge in-ground gas supply and they should drill baby, drill.
It's a clean fuel and is used to keep food supply available
sad to hear about you property on on big picture your gov is tearing the nation down. You need to bring all nuclear back and forget this green craziness.
Agreed. The Dutch government could be generous with compensations and solutions for the people in the earthquake area. With the extra revenue, they could afford that. It's perhaps bad news for everyone in the area's, but it could be worse. See Ukraine.
Meanwhile, invest hard in means to ban gas ASAP.
This is not a feasible thing to do in a country as tightly populated as Germany. Unless you want to resettle thousands of people, when there is already a shortage of living space. Not to mention the amount of lawsuits that would shut the project down before it evens begins.
@Thisis Gettinboring There's €780,000 per resident of the whole Groningen province available with €450 billion with €95 p/MWh, which is now much higher. So, it's feasible.
You know, the strongest beer (Bock) is made only in the winter, when the water at the top of the beer barrels freezes...
Really? Like freeze distilling? I thought that was only done by bootleggers.
R P >>> been home brewing for 30 years now >>> even with rising prices i can make great ! beer for 50 cents // litre!!
Delicious Ice Bock :-)
@@jessefisher1809 welcome to my country then where everyone makes his own alcoholic beverages whitout using Russian gas. 😎
Send me a few barrels in Bangkok, Radu. Ursus rocks!
Thank You for speaking fast.
The Putin's smile on the title page? PRICELESS!!! 😂😂😂
As a European - I am so tired of the virtue signalling from Germany. First the refugee crisis and now they have caused a massive energy crisis.
but take their money gratefully...always...
as a Czech, im not that concerned, most buildings here are good at heat retention, im more concerned about our politicians breaking and surrendering to Russia
same.
Yeah. I live in Greece and cold winters aren't really a big problem where I live. But we're worried that Turkiye will try to do the same as Russia, if Russia succeeds.
@@helgaioannidis9365 Are you kidding. If you don't attack us, Turkey will never attack Greece. Please stop provoking us.
@@yesildeniz9147 your government says different things
Global politics is the worst thing ever.....Natural Gas burns 24/7 where i'm from as a "waste" product....Salute to Trinidad & Tobago for mismanagement of resources as per usual...🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹
This didn't age well LOL - RUSSIA CUT OFF THE GAS!!!
Wrong. Romania imports around 20-25% of the gas she needs. The rest is from domestic production.😉
I live in Germany, and I did not turn on the heating for the past 5 years at all. I've got my gaming PC to keep me warm. I doubt this winter would be very different.
@Thisis Gettinboring whats that got to do with heating?
Can Germans survive the winters especially when it's against Russia??😂😂
@Thisis Gettinboring ok keep taking the drugs
@@parthparekh9924 yes? Winter in Germany is a joke nowadays.
Great informative coverage
I'm Hungarian and live in a family house which is mosty gas heated, but I'm not afraid at all. In the past we heated the house only up to 16 degree, but no pain for that. Also I can heat with wood. So the whole thing is exaggarated. Formerly the public building and the block of flats were heated up to 25 degree, now they should turn down to 15 degree, and the problem will be solved.
Ive never drank petrol so I think I'll survive..
What a great host you are. Lots of animation in your vocal pitch changes and really good pacing.
honestly it should be slightly slower... seems bit jerky..why its been time ramped idk...
@Thisis Gettinboring my god, you're so right, it sounds so much better, he does speak quite fast
No gas? Neh. Wait, out of beer? AAAhhhh!
Great work 🥳 Thank you 💜
I'm confused. It says "playing speed is normal".
Orange man predicted this and the Germans laughed.
@Wilhelm Eleyso your saying Germany is going to be nice and toasty this winter?
The (US) United States called it "Liberation" instead of "Invasion". That was what US call it in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and the list goes on... Why the double standard? Confused... Please enlighten. Genuine question...
Instances of the United States "liberated" or overthrowing, or attempting to overthrow, a foreign government since the Second World War. (* indicates successful ouster of a government)
China 1949 to early 1960s
Albania 1949-53
East Germany 1950s
Iran 1953 *
Guatemala 1954 *
Costa Rica mid-1950s
Syria 1956-7
Egypt 1957
Indonesia 1957-8
British Guiana 1953-64 *
Iraq 1963 *
North Vietnam 1945-73
Cambodia 1955-70 *
Laos 1958 *, 1959 *, 1960 *
Ecuador 1960-63 *
Congo 1960 *
France 1965
Brazil 1962-64 *
Dominican Republic 1963 *
Cuba 1959 to present
Bolivia 1964 *
Indonesia 1965 *
Ghana 1966 *
Chile 1964-73 *
Greece 1967 *
Costa Rica 1970-71
Bolivia 1971 *
Australia 1973-75 *
Angola 1975, 1980s
Zaire 1975
Portugal 1974-76 *
Jamaica 1976-80 *
Seychelles 1979-81
Chad 1981-82 *
Grenada 1983 *
South Yemen 1982-84
Suriname 1982-84
Fiji 1987 *
Libya 1980s
Nicaragua 1981-90 *
Panama 1989 *
Bulgaria 1990 *
Albania 1991 *
Iraq 1991
Afghanistan 1980s *
Somalia 1993
Yugoslavia 1999-2000 *
Ecuador 2000 *
Afghanistan 2001 *
Venezuela 2002 *
Iraq 2003 *
Haiti 2004 *
Somalia 2007 to present
Honduras 2009 *
Libya 2011 *
Syria 2012
Ukraine 2014 *
2014 - 2022 - 6 countries yet to verify.
Pakistan 2022 *
Important lesson. Don’t tie your survival to your enemy’s emotions.
True, with this caveat: Don't tie your own survival to your own emotions. That is what Europe has done.
Russia is not an enemy
@@yurichtube1162 Russia is a cultural and economic slum. It keeps its neighboring countries and the entire continent of Europe on edge because peace is not guaranteed. Slavs killing Slavs. Russia is nothing less than an enemy and that’s the way they want it.
"Fasten Your Seatbelts... or don't fasten them... because you are not riding you car anywhere... because you cannot afford gas."
I'm grateful that I live in Mexico City, even with the effects of Climate change, Mexico City is not too cold or too hot and there is plenty of rain. I don't own a heater or air conditioning because I don't need them
Don't you have a problem that the city is sinking ?
@@gold3084 yes, but we are 2000 meters above sea 🌊 level, so it is not an immeasurable problem 😉
@@leonarddi85
Climate change is a theoretical future event seen in computational models it is not happening right now.
@@gold3084 Sinking cities is a problem in Indonesia.
@@leonarddi85 lmao mexico city will be one of the cities hit the hardest by the effects of the climate change. This city is already struggling with water supply
Great video!!
Yes PisualVolitik , this Clisis is Grobal!!
It takes 5 min to install a 1500W electric heater in a home .
3 or 4 will heat a average apartment or home .
Germany has lots of coal time to use it.
BuT gLoBaL WaRmInG. In all seriousness, they should use it. They don't seem to like risks.
If we would switch all gas heated homes to electricity, we would need to produce 50% more electricity. That is just not going to happen.
Why not use the power green demagogy to heat the homes?
@@ernie4125 Maybe burn some dried greens?
@Wilhelm Eley It won't happen at the same time. THAT is the problem there: ALL people making the switch the same winter. A gradual increase is very much possible.
Poorly documented, Romania dependence is 10-15% which can be replaced by upping production of already existing extraction plants... Also on 1st of April Russian imports were cut so Romania actually does not import any gas from Russia.
Romanian dependence is 15.5% (they listed it at 80-100%). Netherlands' dependence is 12.5% - they listed it as 40-60%.
I don't know the exact percentages of other countries, but all numbers seem to be greatly exaggerated, for some reason.
Very good even analysis of what’s going on
Germany: We don’t need your gas Russia.
Russia: Winter Is Coming
There's one VERY important aspect that wasn't even touched in this video and that is Russia's storage capacity. Said capacity is full or near full (which is why Russia keeps sending more gas to Europe even though they'd much rather not). The bluff about selling to Asia instead is laughable - they don't have the capacity to turn more into liquefied gas, hence they can't send it to Asian countries. Building pipelines is a slow process, so they'd have to wait 5+ years to build the pipelines first. Shutting down gas extraction facilities doesn't only take time, it also takes money and it's very damaging to the Russian economy.
In short:
- if Russia lowers the production of gas in order to starve Europe out, the price for closing down extraction facilities only to reopen them later may bankrupt Russia's economy - which is fragile at this time, to begin with.
- if Russia doesn't lower the production of gas, they'd have to invest in new storage facilities. This takes money, but it also takes a significant amount of time. Even if they built new storage facilities, those would be filled to capacity fast enough and then it's back to square 1.
- if Russia doesn't lower the production of gas and doesn't invest in new storage facilities, then they need to peddle the gas that would normally go to Europe in large quantities and fast. Since building new pipelines takes 5+ years, that means liquefied gas. They'd need to build new facilities for that, as well as extra ships and negotiate contracts with countries that would normally be reluctant due to sanctions. Europe will become energy independent long before this becomes a fact.
- if Russia doesn't lower the production of gas, doesn't invest in new storage facilities, doesn't expand liquefied gas capacity - well then, they'd need to sell that gas to Europe. At a discounted price too, since Europe will have more alternatives than Russia.
Frankly, I hope Russia gets the middle finger instead of all of the above. Their economy is also due to collapse soon if the oil/gas prices keep going down. Much better for everyone.
And I would imagine sanctioned western parts may be needed for much of the gas infrastructure, certainly the one Russia already has. So not an easy task for them to just build new pipelines to Asia. Maybe they could get China to build a pipeline "fast", but I'm not even sure if they use domestic parts or also use some western ones.
Love your insights.
@@navn I do not think dictators trust Dictators from the West.
The Dictator, Mr Putin, said Ukraine was a Spring day walk in the park.
Now the West is united and BUILDING military and relieving the USA military of Western military distraction.
Pipelines also cost billions of dollars to make and Russia is having an issue getting financing for clear reasons, where are they going to get the money to build these pipelines?
From where do you have this insights? Are you gas Engineer? Storage capacity, economy....
Probably the last scenario. Seems like merkel is probably to blame. Rather than increase dependency on Russian gas, especially after 2014’s Crimean crisis, Germany should’ve focused on being a nuclear energy provider or renewable energy provider
I'm planning a backpacking holiday to South America this winter to avoid the energy crisis.
The price of supporting Ukraine…
They could chop firewood and prepare these old fashion heating? Or there are other ways to get heating like using electricity?
The Winters in Europe may be cold but it's not Siberia...
Using firewood inside small apartments doesn't sound very safe does it lol. The winters in Europe are cold, I am from the North of Europe our winters are usually between -20 and -30 and could go all the way down to -40 in the northern parts of my country. We're lucky as gas only constitutes 2% of our energy needs but not all Northern countries are the same for example the average Norwegian uses more gas than the average German while the average Swede uses 10 times less gas than their European counterparts.
What if Russia get angry with the EU-countries for sending military equipment? Like for instance cut under sea power cables? What would Germany do without importing electricity from the northern countries while getting no russian gas?
@@lars-erikstrid2278 which under water sea cables?
We must all take a little pain, it will be worth it in the end, Putini is losing.
Russia is winning the war against Ukraine so far
Your nickname checks out for Copium
Has your energy bill risen by 2000% ? My family's has... And we can't afford the heating bill this Winther... Actually what we can't afford is paying for our European leaders virtue signaling... What if Russia looses? Do you think we can buy gas from them afterwards? I don't think so. That ship has already sailed to India and China...
Europe is gonna enter a period like the 1920's or the 1980's, only worse...
Europe is not sustainable on its own... Our wealth is build on Russian energy and Chinese cheap labor...
@@mortenchristensrn2487 Russia can only export gas to Asia via pipeline.
You can’t build a large pipeline net through Siberia in under a decade so I am confident that Russia couldn’t “sail a ship”.
@@mr.politics1388 I was trying to be a little elegant with my wording... You know the phrase "that ship has sailed"? I tried to merge that with where the gas would eventually end up. China and India has already said they would buy all that Russia can provide.
With the increase in natural gas prices Putin doesn't have to sell much to Europe to keep up the revenue from last year. My best guess is at about ten percent he/Russia breaks even with what they made in 2021.
And by the way... How much "a little pain" do you have to suffer this winter? Will your home be cold?
They shut off the gas completely
And watch it somehow end up being a crazy cold winter
Just enjoyed a Czech Budweiser beer and few minutes later I found out that maybe I won't be able to enjoy Budweiser beer this winter. So I would feel free to enjoy some Czech beer this month and describe the taste to the future generations. 🤗
Budweiser is mainly exported, very few consumption happens in Czech rep., as it is not that tasty, the receipt has been changed in order to meet the expectations of foreign consumers.. I highly recommend you the bestseller in Czechia, Pilsner Urquell, either from bottle or fresh from tank if you are in Czech rep., as nearly every restaurant offers the beer from tank...
You should write some memoirs about enjoying this beer :) Also, you may start getting acquainted with Baltika 7 and/or Efes. These are going to be available to enjoy this winter :)
I'll answer this and save everyone some time. No. It was only because of there pause in the pipeline recently that Europe already started developing there own pipeline for countries. Also russia isn't gonna freeze gas now anyway because it's one of the most profitable things they can put out that doesn't have any sanctions on it. Which was likely a tactical move from those who imposed the sanctions
Which they are going to painfully learn is wrong because Russia has started flaring gas
Need a link to where you buy your shirts
'But first, let's look at....but before we're doing that ...'
'Ostpolitic' turned out just as predicted by Reagan Kissinger Thatcher Allbright and many others - a massive risk. Germany laughed it off. Germany has a lot to answer for here!
We were Business men... Doing business with Russia...
@@dave_sic1365 you were doing fine. Problem is Germany is not independent.
The problem is with growing of anti Russia states on its border with a huge NATO infrastructure. It looks like poking Russia. And I dunno the reasons of this politic
@@nicknamenick9448 They are not anti Russia! The problem is Putin's paranoia. The flat plains to his West are an easy way to reach Moscow as Germany found out in 1940. That is geography pure and simple. He also saw that nation states in Europe were weak. So Putin who only understands naked brutal aggression decided to have a go. He didn't get much pushback in Georgia, got a slap on the wrist over Crimea so he decided upon a more ambitious plan with an excuse to eradicate 'Nazis' - which is laughable on its face. He is the Uber Fascist. And must be dealt with the same way all fascists have been dealt with in history. And it's coming soon - most likely from those close to him. What the Siloviki call 'Vishayya Mera'.
@@davidjma7226 maybe. But I doubt that it’s as simple as you say
If Russia plays hardball Europe must show them they can play even harder.
As winter comes the EU must hit back at any Russian gas cuts by hitting it in the crude oil transfer.
Why? Nearly 50% of all Russian exported crude oil comes from its baltic ports(Primorsk, Ust-Luga). in winter, when Murmansk port is capped by ice, the figure is even higher at above 60%.
All this oil must be transferred via the shallow Danish straits in order to get to the ocean to be transferred into Chinese or Indian supertankers that help Russia bypass the West boycott on Russian oil.
This activity is by far more lucrative than the Gas supply and pays more to fund the Kremlin war in Ukraine.
Now in winter, the entire system of oil extractions from the arctic fields that deliver the oil to these ports via pipes must work non-stop all winter long, because if it stops, it is so cold the oil in the pipes will start freezing, and if it freezes it clogs the pipes back and it cascades all the way back to the wells.
Now, this is bad for any oil well as you can't simply shut the valves like in a gas well, it's a liquid, it has momentum and to make it flow again is very expensive and takes time. but in the Arctic permafrost, it's way worst- the oil will freeze underground and if the pipes in the ground freeze you can't unclog it, it cracks in the permafrost and it's game over for the well that will cause a total loss for the Russians.
This is why for over 6 months in the arctic the oil MUST flow.
It happened once in the fall of the Soviet Union when Russia found its only oil port in Latvia and it caused a HUGE reduction in oil exports that exacerbated the 90's economic crisis and took over a decade to repair with the help of Western companies.
Putin will soil himself if he won't ship his oil, he knows that it will shatter Russia for decades and the West must make him fear.
You don't even need to block the tankers by force- last month when Khazakstan agreed to increase oil and gas supply to the EU the Russians punished them by blocking a single pipeline for the Novorosisk oil terminal and causing major losses for the Khazak government.
The Kremlin didn't send troops to the pipeline- it instead used a court decree to shut it for "environmental concerns". once the Kazaks retracted their intentions to increase supply to the EU these concerns got "fixed" the next day and the oil went threw.
Why am I telling this? because all Europe needs to do is to show the same environmental concerns about uninsured tankers going via the danish straights into the baltic sea.
Only insured tankers could go by, tankers that, because of sanctions, could not dock in Russian ports...
It will take 2 weeks for the entire storage units to fill up if empty, after that it's a catastrophe for Russian oil production.
Now all this can be avoided if Putin knows the EU will play hardball and retaliate.
Russia needs to understand- for its Arctic oil to flow out at sea the Gas to Europe has to flow.
And the Kremlin knows: the Oil MUST flow.
And one more thing- Oil is not Gas, It's a liquid, it's heavy, you can't just transfer it on land by rail in a huge country without losing all profitability, you need to do it by pipes or waterways and the arctic pipes goes westward, Russia doesn't have the pipes to transfer it south and the navigable rivers are frozen in winter.
Well hope you bought enough fire wood for the winter
Very interesting
India do Trade with Russia through Iran Azerbaijan Moscow Iran have Chabahar port.
Get your facts correct
The West has always need ridiculously easy to fool with false changes of heart after you get what you want.
At least partially because Christianity makes no sense unless you accept crazy changes of heart as being possible.
It has sometimes been a strength, though as it means it can get competent people on its side who don't even slightly share its ideological goals.
If nothing else it will end when Putin's reign ends.
Unfortunately they don't do trade through artic but it's transferred via land route in Asia itself so it makes no sense and most importantly they sell it to Chinese and indians at a 30% discount and Russians have made more than twice the money by selling gas to Europe than anyother country (twice the money and less oil as well). And the west doesn't let Iranian or Venezuelan oil and gas into the market. If Russian is the big threat then let these countries sell their stuff.
I grew up in Portugal where most people's houses didn't and still don't have proper heating. People used electrical heaters in whatever was the room they were in and closed the doors to keep the heat in there. Electricity is very expensive in Portugal.
So, down there in the south during winter we had a bunch of months where we had many of our houses with most rooms running on 10-12C and only the living room+kitchen at maybe 15-16C. We put on extra layers of clothing, and kept more active.
Nowadays there is more heating, but most people still spend most of the winter months under 16C. It's not a big deal. Mostly you only hear foreigners complain about the houses being too cold 😂.
So, yeah, up north people really need heating. I get that. But come on... Lower 1 degree is pathetic. No one actually Needs the houses to be at 20+ degrees. You won't die, get sick or be trembling if you actually let the thermostat dip to 19, 18 or even 17C. It will probably actually be healthier. And you'll still be warmer than most of us southerners. Not to mention you'll save a bunch.
My biggest nightmare is that my energy contract gets ripped up.
I mean, I have fixed prices for 5 years since 2019... and hope things get sorted out before 2024.
I hope your energy company don't bankrupt.
@@thomasbentele2468 I doubt Vattenfall goes bankrupt soon, but you never know.
@@AlexFlodder not necessary bankrupt but they can whtdraw from German market. Vattenfall Poland have been bought by a Polish company. They've left Denmark too.
A reminder that even if you live in the US, we can try to use less gas this winter to help conserve and use less to make more available for export and leave more gas on the market at lower prices for both Europe and poor countries who already struggle to pay for energy without a drastic supply shock
Here in india gas prices dropped significantly after we started importing cheap Russian oil
@@tanmaysingh267 lol isnt it always like that, a disaster for some is an opportunity for others.
Nice but insignificant unfortunately.
@@tanmaysingh267 your mixing fuels. GASoline prices dropped from Russian oil, not natural gas prices (methane).
It always works out to become dependent on Russian energy, India. See Europe.
Great video and thanks for keeping me informed on this dire global situation.Thankfully I have a plan after Brexit which I am hoping the European Union will adopt for itself too.It seems to be tacit to the nations on the North and Baltic seas. The green energy industrial, energy and agriculture strategy has literally,literally several innovations. For example the world's first pioneering demonstration of renewables to green Hydrogen to storage in Aberdeen with the Swedish company Vattenfall for starters! The aim is for energy self-reliance and Netzero 2050. Further my UK has 2035 for 100%+ energy but the first coutry Denmark has 2025 for their plan. Indeed Denmark are currently laying sea cables to the Netherlands to export their stranded enegy. The EU does not have a plan ready and they have been, shall I say mysterious and uncertain. Yet they have been working together last 10+ years on the North sea electomagnetic renewable infrastructure. Indeed UK is finishing off Dogger Bank the largest array on the network for a third phase and a further fourth with planning until 2035+. The UK is trying help other countries including Norway secure it's nitrogen production(world's second largest exporter of hydrogen after the RUSSIA) to substitute their renewable to produce green hydrogen. Still further another example, helping Germany(the worst affected nation). That is to help them become the world's largest manufacturer of hydrogen electrolytic cells ASAP to augment their side of the North Sea for more energy storage options. This alongside prototype storage with Royal Dutch shell on their coastline too. Germany are doing the hydrogen turbine for electricity production alongside GE(United States) and other conglomerates globally(Not many left!) The Green industrial energy plan is as follows(hoping it can ultimately secure the UK and Europe's energy self-reliance and Netzero with a global plan when own house is in order) Bearing in mind North sea nations already have the largest renewables of the electromagnetic kind in the world alongside world's best wind resources ... A phase of innovation has already started actoss the whole of the British isles as follows :www.gov.uk/government/publications/low-carbon-hydrogen-supply-2-competition-successful-projects/low-carbon-hydrogen-supply-2-competition-stream-1-phase-1-summaries-of-successful-projects
It's only European problem. Not ours in Asia
@@MrBlinder514 yes Indeed
Putin gonna make the queen trade the family jewels to keep the heat on lol
UK is currently swimming in LPG. Importing more than ever but can't pump it across to Europe fast enough.
At this point we just have to hope for a mild winter, which isn't that unlikely in the light of climate change.
Here is the bad news for you. Many scientists believe climate change is melting the arctic ice which adds more fresh water to the ocean. More water weakens the Gulf Stream which keeps Europe warm in the winter. Without the Gulf Stream, Europe should be as cold as Canada. So there you go. Don’t argue with me, I am just citing scientists.
@@timedone8502 I'm aware of that theory but so far over the past decade this has not had any effect here. I'm in climate science myself.
@@jenssweerts50 ok good luck to you guys!
Sanctions and sanctions alone are responsible for the gas crisis. So make your choice - stand your ground and do it tough for a year or so until alternative solutions are actually available. Or lift sanctions.
There's plenty of gas available in Europe, Netherlands for example has a Sh1t ton of gas and Germany has a sh1t ton of coal to compensate it's just the green environmentalist movements have been blocking those avenues that's why they relied on Russia now they just have to ditch the tree huggers and use their own resources
@@zjeee Most of the gas is in the form of hot air emanating from endless committee meetings and lunches from Brussels.
The question is, why did EU sanction Russia? Just for fun?
@@helgaioannidis9365 It was a legitimate response but I think that they thought the war would be short lived, they didn't realise that Russia had very little debt and they didn't think that oil sales to and via India would materialise. Long term it will certainly squeeze the Russian economy but as long as Putin has his hand on the gas pipeline spigot he can give it a tweak and gain their attention! Now it is a question of who can last the longest before alternative energy sources are firmly in place and running satisfactorily. After that Russia will be hit in the pocket big time. All its gas infrastructure from the Arctic is geared to supplying Europe. Ooops!
Funny enough I switched on my gas heating twice a day less then half an hour in 2021 before russians gone mad. And I'm living in UK. To get your gas heating 7 times a day is a generous treat.
i am learning a lot because of this channel...
3:58 26% is a big slice of the mix, but consider that Italy 's energetic mix uses 55% natural gas for power production and in addiction almost every cooking platform or home-heating system is gas propelled.
I wanted to underline a couple of point:
- Algeria and Egypt have announced military excercise with Russia ( so Putin's friends)
- Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan' dictators are close friends of Putin
- Libya is facing a civil war in which Russia supports Haftar ( so can influence gas exportations)
- Morocco is struggling against EU for dominations of Western Sahara ( so it could not be so kind and friendly if something moves over there)
- Nigieia ( and Sahel in general) are affected by civil wars in which one of the opponents against jhaidists is almost supported by Russian Army ( so they can be considerated Russia's allies)
Basically the unique group of stable suppliers is made by Quatar, Norway and US (accounting for less than 20% in LNG supply and even less in whole supply).
So basically we can be fucked in months if Russia wants to release his entire "influence" on his empire.
I think that by next couple of decades EU should implement an energetic mix in which are used nuke and renewables at least at 90%, so emissions and dictatorship founding will decrease.
Winter is coming 🥶 Germany should’ve listened to trump when he told them to get off Russian gas now they pay the price 😂😂
I guess the yellow turd was right sometimes. Proof that evevn the most ignorant can have valid opinions that deserve to be consider.
@@Sikt how emberassing
An electric blanket with another blanket on top will keep you warm no matter how cold it gets.
Thank you for these overviews! No bullshit politics or conjecture, just facts.
So, my question is. Most these countries aren’t stupid. Why are they relying on ONE source for such a vital resource? Hasn’t it ever occurred to any of them that said source would be a choke point in times of conflict?
it's Germany for most. They have never been able to go away from making electricity from carbon sources and heating. But they have been pushing hard to go green but have seen the way a bit wrong by shuting down nuclear and turning brown coal plants to gas plants.
@@P4hko yeah, if everything had gone to plan, in two decades they could have gone completely free of carbon energy.
Putin catched Germany pants down
Money. And it has not been a popular topic among the politicians. (they got more votes on talking about other things).
Most of these countries are not stupid and have diversified. Germany is the only big one that did not and it has to do with their fear of nuclear and faith in renewables. They should have just kept the nuclear plants running until their natural end of life.
Superstition based doctrines. A mistaken believe in human caused climate change, mistaken believe that solar and wind are a serious source of energy a mistaken believe in the dangers of nuclear. That's how Germany painted itself in Putin's corner.
Please STOP calling “mOThER rUSsia”. It’s just insulting to call this way after what they have been doing in Ukraine and abroad. 😡
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Mother Russia will prevail 🇷🇺 Kill all Nazis. Destroy the German Fourth Reich...
Evil stepmother Russia
heating homes is good but isolating them with proper material is better
Main Issue ni Czechia is that some cities, towns and villages completely replaced old coal with natural gas. So issue with heating will be felt in different locations differently. Some Czech sites still have dual heating power so they can switch from natural gas to coal but many especially new and renovated buildings were completely cut out of coal and switch to gas. What is also true that winters in Czechia rarely -15C, due to global warming Czechia typical winter temperatures is usually in around +4C to -4C. Usually hovering around 0. However this is Prague if will go to mountains some areas can be -10 but depends how severe is the winter.
Don’t worry Czechia as in UK and French govt is planning to build more Nuclear plants as they come to realise the situation. So French or UK can help build nuclear plants in Czechia really fast
It's indeed cold during czech winters. But most people here have unreasonable expectations about how much they should heat houses, shops and offices. It's not normal or healthy to expect or have to wear a t-shirt inside during winter. I am not joking or exagerating. At home i wear a sweater because we keep it reasonable. At any office, shop or mall I -like most other visitors and workers- have to go down to the t-shirt underneeth.
Yeah, I worked in an office where everyone wanted to wear summer clothing in winter, so they overheated the office. Same in shopping centres. Everything is overheated. We even have outdoor heating. It's ridiculous.
It seems like it wouldn’t be in Russias long term best interest to cut gas because it will push countries further to find alternatives. Especially if Europe is in a gas rationing situation. That won’t be forgotten any time soon.
When you view things rationally yes that would be the conclusion but is there rational thinking behind any of this or is it about something else.
@@bighands69 For Russia/Putin it's about empire building... or rebuilding.
the good thing is that Russia is heavily dependent on their oil and gas income and Europe pays premium and Russia does not possess the ability to send that amount of gas to other markets. The maximum capacity of their Asian gas pipelines is less than 20% of what Europe currently buys and India and China buys gas for massive discounts. Point is Russia needs European money just as much as Europe needs Russian gas.
Lol Russia is not worried. Renewables won't be a thing.
@@yurichtube1162 by alternative I mean other gas markets. Of course it will take years but eventually countries will not rely on Russian gas. There is plenty of oil and gas elsewhere.
I live in Germany and just went on Amazon. There's oodles of heaters available with one day shipping. Just ordered two.
1:26 "This clisis is grobal". Love it.
You forgot to mention that Europe has sanctioned Russia. You don't expect Russia will not react. You presented your argument as if, Russia decides to spite Europe for no reason
No reason...sanctions are as a result of attacking a sovereign nation!
As an American, I am so annoyed with people here complaining about energy prices. Because of the investment required for LNG and the sheer amount of shale gas that is available, the US is super insulated from the rest of the world gas market. Last I looked we were averaging about $6 USD/MMBtu vs almost $60 in Europe. I wish there was something I could do. I wish that there were more LNG terminals in Europe (especially Germany since they use so much) so that there could be more imports to soften the blow. At current prices, US LNG would be cheaper than current pipeline gas costs and there would actually be enough to get a stockpile for winter. Feeling sad for my European friends and colleagues.
They are complaining because that is the price formation of American economics. You cannot compare it to other places.
Now in putting that aside Europe's higher prices are not economically sustainable. The problem LNG is the infrastructure for the build out would cost enormous amounts of money and make it more expensive than pipe lines.
Europe put themselves in this place. They should have planned ahead, but they are naive.
"as an American"...
That's enough.
@@globaltheater9343 Not all of Europe is the same, you are talking mostly of countries like Germany, my home country gas is only 2% of our energy needs and only half of that is Russian gas.
Our ancestors spent hundreds of thousands of years in the cold with just animal skins on their backs. Why cant we do that?
There are already rumours that the electric bill cost is going to triple in my country by the end of the year. I live in Malaysia, where air conditioning is almost nessecity to stay comfortable...... couldn't imagine how those poor souls will be in Europe need to stay warm and comfortable
Oh god, we won't be able to run around in t-shirts this winter, how tragic.
Seriously, winter in most of Europe isn't that cold. We can easily turn down our heating and still be comfortable
European countries have the resources and the know how to find a long term alternative to russian gas. Losing Europe as a customer permanently for natural gas and other products will cause russia to suffer more than any other European country at the end. China and India are only buying russian gas in limited quantities at a huge discount. There is no infrastructure to deliver larger quantities and also the vast distances make this option not cost effective for either parties. Not to mention that China's economy is reliant on selling their products to the West. They are not eager to become entangled with their irrational abusive drunken neighbor in the North and potentially risk being sanctioned for it.
EU will lose all competitiveness without Russia. China will become the capital of the car industry now. The EU citizens want Russian gas.
Bro india is gonna beat even china in near future in energy consumption and a corridor is building for energy supply, plus all asia is itching to buy russian energy , and after war Europe will start buying again maybe in less quantity but still russia got new coustomers
China will fully exploits russia in energy supply and they don't care about west sanction like they didn't care during iran
@@huh..4591 do your research, Many Chinese companies already reduced their business with russia since the war started. russia is a very small percentage of China's business. They are not going to give up 90% of business for russia's 5%. With the russian economy shrinking they will have even less to offer
@@yurichtube1162 Europe will switch to a different energy source permanently to not be blackmailed by russia ever again.
Isn't Norway the biggest fossil fuel producer in Europe? There is nuclear energy as well
Norway isn’t a fossil fuel, it’s a country.
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Norway already has its gas customers.
@@Crashed131963 They can also deliver LNG
@@danielsomers4025 I meant "producer" 😁
The old trash can used as shielding on my tiny reactor in the basement doesn’t look that flimsy.
Romania is not really that dependent on russian gas, you got your map wrong
Most people heat meanwhile all rooms of the appartment. When I was a kid we heated just one room. I do not mind to go back to this procedure for one Winter and safe more than 50 % energy. Better than pay Putins war.
Thats true.
@@UnKnownv5 Actually, sad as it is, it's Germany who is the major sponsor of Russian regime.
At least Russia is doing something good for Europeans it will speed up the development of alternative sustainable energy, reactivate its nuclear energy capability and emit less green house emissions this winter.
Germany also restarting all the coal plants so.....
Winds is not viable for continental Europe and neither is solar. Some places like Norway have unique geography that allows hydro build outs and Denmark for wind but that is not going to power the whole of Europe.
The reality is that natural gas and oil are the only viable energy systems at present.
yes, especially bring back nuclear energy. Turning on recently mothballed ones will be fastest. Going forward, using modern tech to build smaller and safer new nuclear plants.
I think you will be disappointed to know we will start burning more oil and coal.
Renewables will not be a thing
If you have some Uranium 238, you can make portable heaters for your home.
Here in the Southern Hemisphere temperatures are getting warmer, avoid the freeze and head down for a visit.