Don't trust the EU Europeans! Von der Leyen proposes to replace the remaining Russian gas with LNG from the USA, which is 4x as expensive, in order to kiss Trump's ass. The new government should deal harshly with these people, they cannot be trusted, nothing is meant honestly, every gift is poisoned. Ask the Europeans.
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68 sats \ 0 replies \ @wingalt 11 Nov
Everything working according to the plan, the US reck the EU which asks for more, cheap Russian gas was too good for Europe they had to stop it
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47 sats \ 1 reply \ @vsxpioir 11 Nov
hey @TomK do you have a link where the US LNG gas price can be found?
I googled a bit but couldn't really find anything. Heck, couldn't even find how much the Russian one is currently.
Found a website but was behind a paywall right away :(
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK OP 11 Nov
You mean sth like this:
https://ycharts.com/indicators/us_natural_gas_liquefied_exports_price#:~:text=US%20Liquefied%20Natural%20Gas%20Exports%20Price%20is%20at%20a%20current,10.54%25%20from%20one%20year%20ago.
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47 sats \ 3 replies \ @xz 10 Nov
Have to agree. How is this not the short-term thinking?
The EU and Russia now have real differences and it seems like the region needs a greater degree of stability. So, Russia, pragmatically, signals the importance of maintaining a basic relationship of mutual recipriocity. I guess one definition of a relationship must be some mutual need or benefit.
Rather than seeking to maintain this foundation of understanding or symbiosis, the unelected superfluous vector to individual national interests opts to show a manner of facetious indifference to geography and alludes to cutting a deal with an increasingly unaligned and remote tie. Commonsense to seek out trust and stability might test the waters by gradually changing its market orientation, but I guess this would require some diplomacy.
If the rationale for her vaceous poker-face politics is, 'we don't trade with bad countries', I think it'd be wise for any remaining national opposition to voice their lack of confidence in her before she further isolates the EU from wider political discourse, and hastens the EU's economic irrelevance and political downfall.
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68 sats \ 2 replies \ @wingalt 11 Nov
"we don't trade with bad countries" is such a BS line, that's the whole point of diplomacy, you don't need diplomacy to deal with your allies
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47 sats \ 1 reply \ @xz 11 Nov
I guess you don't.
The use of 'allies' seems so suss these days. Post WWII you can see a natural use for the term. But more than ever, seems it's an enemy of my enemy is my ally.
At this point, I think the EU is finding that it has less allies than Russia has.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK OP 11 Nov
What an irony. I thought we are the morally superior saviors of the planet
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47 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 10 Nov
I had no idea the price discrepancy was so large.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK OP 10 Nov
Now electricity bills in G are exploding again. But the people are paralyzed
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47 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 10 Nov
Every politician is not to be trusted.
And it is not like everyone can buy US gas, or else the price would only increase.
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0 sats \ 6 replies \ @inverselarp 10 Nov
LNG from US is actually cheaper.
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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @TomK OP 10 Nov
That's why hetman industry is tanking.... no, You're completely wrong
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @inverselarp 10 Nov
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/investing/2024/11/08/eus-von-der-leyen-suggests-us-lng-could-replace-russian-supply/
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68 sats \ 0 replies \ @wingalt 11 Nov
What is it any of her business? Let people buy where they want, if she wants expensive gas she is free to go for it
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @TomK OP 10 Nov
Oh boy
LNG “is one of the topics that we touched upon,” said von der Leyen. “We still get a whole lot of LNG via Russia, from Russia. And why not replace it with American LNG, which is cheaper, and brings down our energy prices.”
I was comparing russian gas (NS2) to US LNG. And please do Yourself a favour and don't trust even one word UvdL speaks
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @inverselarp 10 Nov
Using russian gas got EU into russian hands in the first place. EU should cut as much ties as possible with russia.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK OP 10 Nov
Well, why not letting people decide on trade alternatives? Free markets, less politics
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