War is an outcome of ideology and economics, and the latter is perhaps the most powerful weapon. As the harsh reality of Europe’s insufferable decades-long efforts to embrace the virtues of climate change begin to settle in, the reasonable adults in the conversation are able to see how their weakness is being exploited by their adversary.
On Sept 7, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen held a press conference in Brussels, announcing five initiatives to contain the expensive EU energy crisis: “The goal is clear. We must cut the revenues of Russia that Putin uses to finance this atrocious war against Ukraine.” {Go Deep}
However, Russian President Vladimir Putin made it very clear that any further efforts to weaken his economy, via western sanctions and interventionist efforts against his economy, would be met with retaliation in the form of cutting off all oil and gas supplies to Europe. It appears the Europeans now understand the nature of their vulnerability.
(Via Reuters) – The EU has dropped plans to cap the price it pays for Russian gas.
Energy ministers from the bloc met Friday (September 9) in Brussels. They scrapped plans for the cap after the idea failed to win broad support.
Member states in central and eastern Europe who still get gas from Russia feared retaliation by Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin had said he would cut off supplies altogether if a cap was imposed.
However, ministers did agree to claw back revenues from some power producers and will use the money to curb consumer bills. European energy prices are typically set by gas plants. That leaves generators using nuclear, wind or coal raking in revenue, as their running costs haven’t risen as much or at all.
On Friday, some EU nations also argued in favor of a general cap on all gas imports. However, European energy commissioner Kadri Simson said any such move would be risky:
“The general price cap, including LNG imports, could present a security of supply challenge, because the LNG market is a global market. We are not among the three biggest LNG-importing regions or countries, and there is very strong competition in the LNG market and right now it is very important that we can replace the decreasing Russian volumes with alternative suppliers.”
The EU windfall plan will now be fleshed out in the coming days, with another meeting of energy ministers seen possible later in the month. (read more)
President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen previously announced five initiatives to contain the expensive EU energy crisis: “The goal is clear. We must cut the revenues of Russia that Putin uses to finance this atrocious war against Ukraine. And now our work is paying off. At the start of the war, gas from Russian pipelines accounted for 40% of all imported gas. Today it has dropped to only 9% of our gas imports. These are tough times. But I am convinced that Europeans have the economic strength, the political will and the unity to maintain the upper hand,” she said. The United States and Norway are the primary suppliers of gas to the EU to fill the void.
Commissar von der Leyden’s five initiatives included:
(1) Conservation of electricity through forced and mandated cuts in electricity use. The amount of the cut has yet to be determined but reducing demand through forced curtailment of electricity use is the first approach. [Insert California as an example here in the United States.]
(2) A cap on the profit generated by energy suppliers who use renewable energy like wind and solar. The renewable industry has lower costs, yet they are profiting from the top line increase in delivered electricity. The EU commissar is proposing to confiscate the profits of Green Energy suppliers, direct the funds to the member states and then use those funds to subsidize the energy costs of poorer EU citizens.
(3) A cap on the profits generated by traditional fossil fuel energy suppliers (oil, coal, nuclear, gas electricity generation), and the diversion of those profits following the same formula as above.
(4) Banking support and financial liquidity for smaller regional energy providers who are having short term financial issues as they must pay massive amounts of money for the raw material needed to generate electricity. Essentially, the cost of coal, oil and LNG has skyrocketed, and there is a lag between the time they energy company must pay for the fuel source and the time the customer pays the electricity bill. The inbound fuel costs (new) are so extreme the inbound payments for prior electricity (old) are not covering the cost of the new supplier purchase.
(5) A price cap on Russian natural gas. To accompany the increased import of Norwegian and U.S. gas. This sounds like a bizarro effort to manipulate the market which could backfire. If Russian gas is cheaper than EU market gas, the smart energy providers will purchase the Russian gas.
Number five is now scrapped.
Not a single word about increasing the supply of any traditional energy resource. These EU ideologues -bureaucrats within a system that is not representative of democracy- are so committed to the cult of climate change and renewable energy, they are willing to destroy the EU economy in order to lower demand to the level of their windmills and solar farms. However, it looks like alternate, perhaps even sensible people within the EU, are starting to realize the ‘climate change’ ideologues are the real and present danger.
Russia plays world class chess, EU is playing tiddlywinks.
You don’t even need to break out the chess moves when dealing with stupid people.
Russia is the parent disciplining the children.
More like the EU is playing pick up sticks. Find a stick, pick it up so you can burn it this winter for heat.
I was thinking last week that you’d better be asking for coal in your Christmas stocking this year.
☃️Ho ho ho.
The badder the better! LOL!
Accidentally flagged your comment when I fumbled my phone. Sorry. 🙁
You are forgiven. We all make mistakes.
I disagree
Russia aint playing at all
😎
After going thru what Russia went thru in WWII they won’t ever screw around in a war again. I’m surprised that they didn’t flatten Afghanistan. Then again I’m surprised we didn’t! Too much money to be made in the dope trade no doubt.
Never did I ever think that Russia would the ones we have to look to in our fight against the tyrannical globalization.
Putin is being made to look brilliant by the ignorance of the EU and US. He has total control over these cheesewizzes. Good, good, hope entire populations of nations supporting the WEF turn on the ones causing this self imposed suicide. Right now through next May will determine how much normal citizens will allow themselves to be crushed by their own “leaders”
Haha “Cheesewizzes”
How true.
My old country, Hungary, hated the Soviet Union in general and the Russians in particular.
The stupidity of EU and the WEF pushed Hungary toward Russia.
Putin and Orban are patriots who do what is best for their countries.
I wish the same could be said about our “leaders.”
Does this Hungarian newspaper look any different from the global MSM?
https://magyarnemzet.hu/rovat/english
I just clicked on your link and ran through the “headlines” of articles. It is very clear that Soros is Hitler on a Global level. When is the world going to wake the heck up???
God Bless President Donald J Trump
Russia is not the USSR.
This winter will pretty much chart history for a large chunk of the population.
Germany banned fracking years ago. Enhanced oil recover is quicker and more economical than drilling.
But that would mean losing face. Greenie weenies do not have a plan.
they do and you ain’t part of the plan. There are not reducing the population by a billion, they are reducing it TO a billion.
Typo
However, they can only implement it on the LEAST populated countries like EU, North America etc…
When the OVERPOPULATION is in theory, in the countries they DON’T control like China, India etc…
Something doesn’t make sense here.
Their plan was to outsource their energy policy to a petulant Swedish teenager. Yes. Brilliant.
It’s a peculiar experience….
I’m just one more nobody in the vast population of the earth….
….watching those who have appointed themselves to be in charge of everything….sloooooowwwwlllly, slowly begin to connect this dot laboriously to that dot. And then they find another dot that connects over here to this dot.
And then they announce that they have successfully connected a dot to another dot.
And my usual inner response is along the lines of “Oh. Good. Grief.”
And they continue in their places of authority.
They connect dots as they fear the populace revolts. That’s all.
A very wise Union Organizer once said: “Numbers scare as H#LL”, and he didn’t mean violent out of control masses . He meant huge numbers of determined people refussing to obey abusive leaders.
Ooof. Looks like the EUro-weenies are facing reality quickly, and the temp hasn’t even dropped.
Sticks and stones
Do
Break bones!
The traders will not be able to walk out of their houses.
People do not like cold showers, baths, bidets or homes.
Especially when they’re hungr.
Blinded by the green. This winter will be a make or break for the
EUWEF.And now the UK has Charlie the green weenie to contend with. He should study Charles II more closely. He died from a bad haircut didn’t he?/s
I pray it breaks the WEF. Much of Europe is accustomed to The Elite running the show and calling all the shots, but I have the feeling they are done with this BS.
William Tell needs to make a new Overture.
I am thinking the Swiss people need to channel their inner William Tells and tell the WEF, including Klaus Schwab to get packing
Recall that history tends to repeat itself:
“…The most critical resource that Japan lacked was oil. And to make matters worse, the United States was the major world producer of oil. America was also Japan’s principal supplier–the same country the United States would have to fight if it was to seize an empire in the resource-rich South Pacific–especially the DEI which had developed important oil fields. The United States attempted to dissuade Japan from waging aggressive war in China. The United States began a series of trade restrictions until it became clear with Japan’s move into southern Indochina that Japan was preparing to launch a major aggressive war in the Pacific. America responded with an oil embargo. This action made war inevitable. It only became a question of when and where Japan would strike. Japan had oil stockpiles that could supply its normal needs for 2 years, but only about 1 year if Japan went to war because of the huge increased requirements to fight a naval war. This set in motion a time table. Japan had either to decide to cease aggression in China or go to war before it ran out of oil…”
https://www.histclo.com/essay/war/ww2/stra/w2j-oil.html
Wars will not be fought over solar panels or wind turbines.
Certainly won’tbe fought WITH solar panels or wind turbines.
Tanks get maybe 2 mpg, fighter jets on afterburners litterally burn through fuel…gotta admit the schedenfrude is a tad,…deliscious.
WE can NOT use facts or logic to persuade the Greenies that there whole worldview is wrong.
Perhaps getting smacked upside the head with REALITY will, tho?
I remember reading that the old F4 Phantom of Vietnam fame, on afterburner, burned fuel faster than instantly removing the bottom of a 55-gallon drum and letting the fuel fall.
Human behavior repeats itself.
History follows.
Paradoxically, that’s why it’s not worth getting crazy and depressed when things go wrong, and especially when it’s so obvious that they’re going wrong and that it didn’t have to happen.
Evidently, it did.
Humans are pathetic, nearly useless slugs but all we’ve got, until the aliens decide they need our oil or something.
“Humans are pathetic, nearly useless slugs”
Like sheep without the Shepard?
“The lights are going out all over Europe”–but this time, it’s by design.
During World War II, Elizabeth consorts with the enemy: the Internal Combustion Engine
Rest in the Vine: MNN Weakened Update: The Crown Affair–A Royal Ass in the Paine
They never got the results they thought, I think they believed Russia would bow out after sanction, and without a plan to back up they keep waiting for Russia to fold, it’s not happening and they are lost as to what to do, winter will be their demise. Russia planned for this, and the Western bullies are lost so they will continue a failing plan. Art of War, the west is fighting a war it can not win.
winter will be their demise……
Winter was also the demise of the German military 75 years ago when they found themselves in Russia as the season set in with its normal force
Maybe Robinette’s threat (intended for us) with regard to the deadly winter that was going to kill us all is more applicable to the EU, a year later….
And this is a prelude and indication of how all the absurd “plans” of the WEF crumble, as soon as they are tested by the merest contact with reality.
Klause Schwab and his followers better have deep holes to hide in, cause their fate is already decided.
The hunters become the hunted.
Never fear, they have bunkers in New Zealand, Chile and anyplace else they’ve bought up massive tracts of land.
A fool’s war, instigated and led by the most inept and corrupt people one could possibly think of.
Truer words were never spoken Betsy. I think the super billionaires think that because the people that work for them treat them as kings, that we will also. Another tragic, (for them) mistake. The REAL Evil One has not yet emerged. He will be crushed also! Come soon Lord Jesus!!!
With the money from $oras. Piers Corbyn, astrophysicist has a great video out that tells how this is a hoax. How much more is it going to take for the civilized world to realize the WEF is our enemy, with their Covid scams and their Green “policies” scam?????
I find it incredulous that so many so-called Leaders under-estimated Putin. He is nobody’s fool, try as they may…
IMO, he has held back, rather than just do the obvious – annihilate Ukraine, which he could do. Meanwhile, he has the EU and America by the short and curlys.
Moonbats need slingshots to outerspace
They can become one with the burning sun and the sub sub actic cold vaccum of deep space
The adults have had enough
The EU’s ass is grass and Putin is the lawnmower. Hilarious.
Europe needs to “Churn” their political leadership. The current crop have been around too long to be of any value.
Replace the current leadership and be prepared to replace the replacements if things don’t improve in a hurry. There is no value in staying the course when the leadership have no idea on what path to take.
Big mistakes will be obvious… needing quick correction. Minor mistakes will take more time to address, but you are generally going in a direction that addresses “need”.
Replace current leadership now. Be prepared to replace the replacements if conditions don’t improve. Let’s see what they’ve got…
I will be watching what Truss does in the UK. She announced lifting the ban on fracking there, but it will not happen quickly.
Hopefully it happens soon enough such that it will be clear to many in neighboring countries that the UK is recovering economically and not freezing.
It’s good to see Truss is moving quickly. I think she needs to be nimble and probe opportunities.
Macron et al want to be the elder statesmen and sit in judgement. Macron et al are “the chickens who are trying to cross the road”. They have no idea what is on the other side.
France is part of the EU. His hands are tied. England has broken away and are now a sovereign Country. They need to act like it.
Queue The Who
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss !
And drilling….
It would be magnificent if the UK could make a turnaround, give up on the Ukraine Chicanery, cut loose the harmful “climate change” policies and demonstrate the wonderful lightness of being of not being encumbered by the EU “leadership”.
Yes, and she appointed Rees-Mogg as Energy Director. From what I have read, Rees Mogg is not on the Green Agenda committees. Hopefully, he will denounce all tjhis “green” BS.
BTW, the new PM, Liz Truss is apparently not on the side of the greenies, either (else she would not have named Rees Mogg as Energy Director).
IMO, Truss needs to remind GB that they are no longer under the thumb of the EU; through Brexit, they have broken away and have reclaimed their Sovereignty as a free Country. And THEY SHOULD ACT AS A FREE SOVEREIGN COUNTRY.
Europe’s “leadership”, such as it unfortunately is, is unelected and always has been. The “elites” as they openly call themselves in a remarkable unabashed example of their overweening hubris, are about to face the consequences of their date with reality.
I have prayed for such a meeting. For the sake of all those Europeans who either understand the hell those “leaders” are consigning them to or are finally waking up to that knowledge, I am in hopes that the Almighty is working His will, by shoving a very big stick into the genocidal wheels of a clearly satanic WEF.
The precipice for all, including us, awaits.
The european elites maintain their control through banking. The european companies have more financial “gearing” than North American companies. With interest rates and energy costs rising, europe can’t afford to sit around. Their cost structure is rapidly increasing, partially causing a drop in the euro. They need to get things moving quickly.
The europeans thought ESG meant the related financial instruments would be “headquartered” in europe, providing cashflow for the european elite. That isn’t going to happen.
The EU banking cartel just raised this week 75 basis points, as I’m sure you know. I believe they, as with the Fed, have lost control of the monster they created, though they are still pretending that all is well in the best of all possible worlds. Oh those best laid plans of mice and (malevolent) men (and women)…
They have lost control of the monster… the eurodollar. Everyone exports using the eurodollar because of its convenience, and you retain the ability to manage your currency’s foreign exchange exposure. Mercantilist tendencies mean you use eurodollars instead of your own currency (protect your cost structure). The eu banks play in everybody’s sandbox. That plays out until it doesn’t…
When things start to tighten, your central bank ends up buying dollar collateral to protect their banks (and elite). In today’s world, you never take your foot of the accelerator. Eurodollars will be created in Asia at the first glimpse of the US pausing interest rate increases. The foot stays on the gas until Asia breaks (europe is already broke). All you need to do is look at China, South Korea, and Japan.
The EU was sold to an unsuspecting and gullible, trusting public as an economic union when, in fact, the whole plan was for a political union…not apparent until all the votes of all the participant countries were safely counted…and in some cases “recounted”. We in this house said at the time it would eventually implode. That was on the night the whole contrived ” union” and the Euro was completed decades ago
The Fed is forecast to raise 4%..so far I’m not detecting any backing down by Powell whatsover. Believe me, I am listening intently to every word and nuance.
True, the ESG it’s the new scheme these conmen have concocted to remain ahead of the curve, at any cost. In these case the serfdom of European native people.
Might also apply to us.
One great person, maybe Will Rogers said, politicians are like diapers. They both need to be changed often and for the same reason.
Seamanship.
I continue to believe that Climate Change is a ruse and the World Leaders (except Potato Joe) know this.
From that starting point, I think they must be anticipating some condition that will restrict available energy resources to what is provided by through wind and solar.
The push to shutdown nuclear, the push for “renewables”, the push for electric cars… These people are anticipating something that would turn the world’s energy supply lines upside down – and it aint climate change. My first hunch – release of a real bio-weapon or nuclear war.
But “the glaciers are melting” “the glaciers are melting” the MSM says. What they don’t say is that, if you believe in science, the land where Chicago is today was under a one mile thick sheet of ice just 16,000 years ago. Therefore the glaciers were melting long before the Western industrial revolution.
It maybe something natural as well, like solar cycles. If the sun is increasing energy outpour, hey we bake!
It is sun cycles. I can’t explain it like my late husband could but he was very schooled in that science. Wish I listened to him more closely while I had him. He would go ballistics when he heard “climate change “
Climate change ( Spit ) it’s weather. Where are all the hurricanes predicted for this year. The highest temp. Ever recorded for death valley..135. Year 1913
New York recently had that strange PSA about what to do in the event of a nuclear disaster.
“However, ministers did agree to claw back revenues from some power producers and will use the money to curb consumer bills.”
I’m often amazed at ignorant bureaucratic leftists who talk of clawing back something they never produced, have no knowledge of, but use as a target for their hate.
While at the same time ignoring other profiteering that benefits them, like, say, college tuition.
Clearly they will be blaming energy producers for Grandma freezing rather than their own lunatic policies.
So, an admission that just the opposite of what she asserted as their goal, is the reality.
The goal is clear; this atroscious war, started by ideologues in the U.S. and which EU States were dragged into, will destroy the EU, as they continue to cling to foolish and fuel-less policies.
WHAT is going to be the INEVITABLE effect of “clawing back” moneys from the energy providers that aren’t dependant on Russian oil?
THEY either don’t know, or don’t care, but its obvious to anyone who thinks.
Like eating your seed corn, or suicide its a short term solution to a long term problem, cutting off nose to spite face, idiocy.
All 5 steps in her ‘plan’ need to be scrapped, but let them proceed with the idiocy.
Italys elections will lead to Italexit, and a general rebuke of the Centralised EU leadership.
The obvious answer will eventually be forced upon them, and will be the opposite of Bidens rediculous call for “Unconditional Surrender” by Putin; Western (WEF) Governments will be forced to accept REALITY, and on Putins terms.
Trump warned them.
They snickered.
And pence said that this was fine.
Glad you used a small ‘p” , appropriate on so many levels …
They ain’t snickering now.
I have thought for a long time Xi, Putin, Trump are in cahoots with all this. All three are Nationalist and not One World Order Globalist. The American people and the people of the World are in a War against the Green Deal and those who run it.
Putting an evil man like Xi in the category with Trump seems way off. Xi would love to takeover the world.
I don’t buy it.
Putin as well as Trump are thought evil by a lot of people. What do you think you got with Biden?
Dominion.
Exactly. We know for certain that DC is run by a Satanic Cult.
Indeed, so the 1,500 million people crowded there can take new lands….
CCP influences/controls Xiden
Xiden has alienated Putin with NATO and pushed RF resources toward China at a big discount.
Xiden is a traitor who needs be impeached and convicted, or election nullified, and then tried for treason and/or espionage over CCP $$$ and betrayals. Certainly he was a huge FARA violator.
The present United States is a corrupt, criminal, Totalitarian government under Biden. The American People are the victims. Difficult to understand so many people remain unaware of it.
Many coastal “bleeding heart liberals” are wising up to the consecuence of their voting preferences. But only beause those consecuences, for the first time, are diminishing their quality of life, just human nature. Unfortunately, many, too many aren’t strong and courageous enough to endure the cognitive disonance long enough to accept they were wrong. Then, move to a different place and start the cycle again.
It seems that the “ accept they were wrong” factor is the hardest to overcome. Just like with the shots, I can feel a side eye vibe from friends, relatives, acquaintances who are vaxed and know that I’m not
No, not at all accurate. Perhaps you don’t know that the WEF’s winterfest at Davos is dwarfed by its summerfest held in China. The Chinese are right there in the thick of the WEF’s planning — but they intend to turn on them and rule the planet after Klaus’s totalitarian babies are dumped in the gutter using harsh realpolitick methods.
^^^ China won’t play WEF’s equal partner once the dollar is destroyed through debt/inflation and no longer a reserve. China’s present form of communism/capitalism/ totalitarianism enables hairpin turn countermeasures to world economical and political shifts. No “ Greenies”, “Weenies”, or mostly peaceful riots allowed
hahahahahaha
Putin bluffed them. He played the suicide card and these rubes fell for it. Basically, if you try to cap my prices I will go out of business altogether. Putin’s economy can’t afford to shut off the pipeline revenue any more than the EU can do without the gas.
Business guys sometimes try this on their banks. If you don’t agree to renegotiate the terms of our company’s revolviing loan agreement we will go out of business and declare bankruptcy. Sometimes the bank falls for it. Sometimes not. These supposedly sophisticated globalist banker types just fell for a trick so old it has moss on it.
hahahahaha
Russia sells to India and China. They aren’t really going out of business.
And I understand that China has been buying enormous amounts of energy from Russia and re-selling to the EU. Apparently the EU never intended to stop buying russian energy. Libs prefer to virtue signal and then cheat.
India pulling the same deal with crude.
Even if they have to pay three times as much for the same Russian oil they could have gotten directly from Putin instead of getting through China.
Russia’s economy is self sufficient.
It can certainly cut off the gas.
No bluff.
It sure seems like you’re right. But I’m curious about the Russian economy. I thought I read that Russia has no public debt. And it has large amounts of gold. As for its energy resources, they go right back onto the market as soon as Ukraine capitulates. In this case, Russia may need to sell energy long term, but shorter term maybe they can easily wait the EU out.
Russian debt is about 15% of GDP. An estimated 10,000 tons of gold with more coming out of the ground. The energy sales start when sanctions end not necessarily when Ukraine gets peace. With the price increase of Nat Gas Russia is getting as much revenue but with lower quantities. Long term they are repositioning to supply Asia. The new pipeline to China, probably live 25/26, will take gas currently going to Europe.
Europe, including the UK, is staring down the barrel of de-industrialisation and the leaders don’t seem to care.
Winter Evisceration Force > World Economic Forum
I saw yesterday Putin spoke recently at an “Eastern Economic Forum” on how the BRICS+ alliance is growing stronger, and is based on SOVEREIGN nations, etc.
EEF vs WEF, EEF way ahead on points, I am not sure WEF can ever catch up at this point!
In our own domestic civil war here in the US, how do we get to this same point where the ideological and economic decisions made by the enemy redound on themselves?
Patience, Prayer and vote.
I’m looking for pressure points, weaknesses to press.
Well, the DOJ and FBI attacking 60 Trump supporters, Trump himself, and J6 will come around and bite them in the ass soon enough.
My guess is the Deep State will start destroying the democrats when the dems lose power.
It’s almost as if they want the communist Chinese to takeover the world.
CCP has SERIOUS problems of their own, with a slo mo economic crises that dwarfs 2009.
They can not takeover the World, but aligning in BRICS+, may enable them to absorb the collapse of their economy,..
The irony. The Donald has a book out many years ago with some basics on negotiation.
Don’t think Biden has a book.
Nor a clue , but neither does the cabal / committee whatever actually running things ( into the ground)
Well, Joetato has a book, but he colors outside the lines often.
Or a desire to read any truth whatsoever written by Donald Trump.
If Trump wrote 2+2=4 Biden would argue it and the main stream media would back him in doing so.
But Biden would have to look at his index cards
If Biden has a book it’s probably plagiarized from someone else’s work.
Putin is playing simply checkers with a brainless opponent.
You know , I wonder if Putin making 3 good chess moves to their 1 checker move , has anything to do the seeming coincidental recent appearance of (hopeful ) stories that -Putin being undone by war suddenly going badly in Ukraine – senior Russian military rumored to be thinking of overthrowing him – could regime change be in the wind …. ? You never know when the checker players try to float stuff to divert or as a trial balloon …
They themselves are their worst adversary – far worse than Putin, their own “climate change” policies!
They haven’t a clue the negative results of their “Reality”.
Neither do our resident green cultists. Make it sound good, and the people will drink it. Just dont tell them whats in it.
So how long before the EU countries stab Ukraine in the back to get their gas turned back on? Any speculation?
Xmas eve or New Year’s
When the US is no longer able to funnel more billions to Ukraine which can then be siphoned off to Zelensky, EU and US officials, Pentagon, arms dealers. So maybe in January when a new Congress takes over.
The Repubs are honest, right? We did take care of the fraudulent election problem, right?
They would have to start WW3 with Russia to get LNG from Ukraine. All the gas reserves are located in Russian (East) Ukraine.
They stopped funding “the war” some time ago. They left it all up to the USA, as usual.
Wrong. Many European countries are funding or supplying arms into Ukraine. The US is paying much more but you have superior cash back schemes.
When the US says it can. Its that simple.
These unelected hacks weren’t choosen for their competence and commitment to the well being of the European populations, quite the contrary, they only respond to their owners’ commands, EU old moneid elites. I guess TPTB are staring into an economic meltdown they do not want to risk .
They will soften the grip on energy ONLY enough to avoid dangerous revolts which signs are starting to appear inside the EU.
Otherwise, they will continue with their plan, which is easy to understand… to cull the human herd by reducing food supply, mandates of inmuno compromising vaccines etc…
Ditto the United States.
The EU elites are controlled by the US 4th Branch. The Agencies have been very busy building their files since WW2. Europe, plus other parts of the World are owned.
Honestly, I don’t think so . At the most they have each other grabed by the b€££s.
Sometime around December figure Putin says to the freezing MATO populaces
Sorry they are minor to the Russians. Important to them is that the US, NATO is run by the US in their eyes, agrees to the security proposals that Russia presented in December 2021. Basically, Ukraine neutral and aspects of NATO that threatern Russia’s security rolled back to 1992. The latter would be an incredible loss of face to the US.
The US has allowed itself to get into a position where Russia believes that it is fighting an existential fight.
Russia knows it is. Because among other things, it is too rich and too big to not to be lusted after by certain financial powers.
Spot on, made worse by the banksters having had a taste of the delights during 1991-2000 when Putin spoiled their fun. They have never forgiven him for that and all Western activity, cheerleader the US, since has been to rectify that wrong.
Great Britton dumping the EU and now they have plans for fracking, off shore oil/gas leases, are showing the people in in the EU the path to economic freedom/prosperity. There are claims out there that even King Charlie is giving up on his climate change crusade.
Perhaps King Chuckles is thinking he finally has to be somewhat responsible for something rather than playing make-believe.
Sorta like Mommy telling junior he has to bring his Antifa costume out of the basement to be washed and heat up his own hotpocket.
I’m English. We are certainly not showing Europe the way, they don’t have the geology that gives them gas and oil.
The King should be above politics, if he gets involved he is on a slippery slope. He is definitely not loved like his late mother. Anyway all politicians in power in all Europe are signed up to Climate Change.
He’s been involved for many years. He’s as green as Kermit the frog.
But not as thoughtful. He is not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
It is still fun to point out that the small “NON-EU” gray dot in the middle of the EU Blue is Switzerland.
Home to:
Davos Conclave and G7 HQ
Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the World Central Bank
WTO
WEF
ALL the Main UN Executive Agencies
The Government of Switzerland, so far is supporting sanctions on Russia but that is strictly “voluntary”, for now.
It is women in positions of power and authority, in the District of Corruption, in the European Union, and elsewhere who have disrupted so much worldwide.
Thier goal is to transition to all renewable energy. To acomplish that they are going to cap the amount one can make on renewable energy, in the name of fairness. You couldn’t make this up.
Oil is renewable, biggest scam ever.
I’m on Russia’s side. Mark Levin can call me a Putinoid all he likes.
For me Mark Levin is as relevant as a tadpole.
The so called “fossil fuels” are not derived from fossils at all. They are mineral deposits formed as part of God’s creation. Why do people always feel it’s necessary to use the language of the communists – always.
God has created all things and allowed man to be stewards of His creation. It’s our responsibility to ensure good stewardship of His gifts.
For years I wondered why no one was doing anything about our electric grid in the USA.
We’ve heard the fear porn for decades that it was susceptible to attack and yet we do nothing. It’s old and decaying and out of date and yet we do nothing.
Now I know why. They always planned on destroying it from within anyway.
Just like they did with our elections.
He who has the oil and gas, holds all the aces. Reality vs a hoax.
But only if they can protect them. That is what separates Russia from the Gulf states.
We no longer have to wonder.
This is what it would have been like if Hitler and the Axis Powers had declared War–on themselves.
“… I need a shower!”
The real solution to the crisis is peace.
NATO instigated the invasion by Russia and the Russians aren’t ever going to give back eastern Ukraine.
They need to start there.
The “Greens” are just fronts for Soros/WEF!
The Greens are communists who co-opted the movement after the collapse of communism in eastern Europe.
“(2) A cap on the profit generated by energy suppliers who use renewable energy like wind and solar. The renewable industry has lower costs, yet they are profiting from the top line increase in delivered electricity.”
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😆 Dammed if you do, dammed if you don’t.
“It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.” — Thomas Sowell
I do not think its “lack of broad support” they worried about. More like the 1.5 trillion euro margin call that the energy companies are about to be smacked with. Europe will have to bail out the energy companies with tax payer dollars.
This is in part (or large) a derivatives issue again. Just re-hypothecate the same asset 10 times over and hope nobody wants it back.. Worked out great in 2008 as well with houses.
And there will be no “timeouts” till next spring.
Who has the money power & influence to misdirect all European and European heritage countries to destroy their countries over so-called climate change? And why would any duly elected president or prime minister allow something like this to happen? Why wouldn’t their loyalties be to their fellow countrymen?
Because they are vassals of the US. That loyalty overides their duty to their own citizens. The vetoing of the German North Stream 2 pipeline by the US is a prime example.
It’s funny, but the so called vassals have gotten such a discount on defense from us that they think they can name their price with Russia. Now Ursula looks even more stupid
No discount, their risk analysis was better (most military equipment destined for use in Europe is scrapped) so a waste of money especially when much of that money went to the US. Also their need to fund a commission yielding MIC nowhere near as strong.
A large amount of the US forces in Europe could be regarded as a garrison, especially Germany, Italy and Norway.
Woke idiots.
Maybe they will learn a little about S&D and then they can educate Smellin Yelin.
I want to say I hope Putin takes advantage of them but I have a feeling that pedohitler would just “lend” them a trillion or two.
I don’t get it.
According to old realist Putin is losing this manufactured money/weapons laundering scheme posing as a just and necessary war.
The West gleefully provoked the Russian actions in Ukraine.
Had they not – they wouldn’t be in this jam.
But they had to for many reasons. Like keeping the Ukraine dirty cesspool of money laundering,corruption, bioweapons, trafficking and more in operation and under wraps.
The EU is foosched. Foosch them.
They needed to blame their Planned Energy Famine on Putin as well.
There is still a price cap on Russian oil and Janet Yellen said that the US was prepared to invoke sanctions against any company that buys Russian oil at a price above the price cap.
There are protests today all over Germany in small towns and larger cities.
Yellen is in King Canute holding back the tide mode. India and China will not submit to the US’s diktats. Their and many others view is that unless a sanction is UN’d then it is not legal. Only 45 countries have signed up, basically the US and friends.
I bet they wish, (Secretly mind you), that they had taken Trumps advice a ways back…Of course they will never, ever admit it.
It is really too bad that our current Administration is too incompetent to learn from this debacle. Not a Russian fan. However, the lesson they are teaching the leftist/globalist contingent in the west is priceless.
I wonder if it is a combination of incompetence and corruptness.
The EU is going to have to get down on their knees and beg. And even then if I were the Russians I’d tell them to ESAD.
I had to look up “ESAD” because I couldn’t figure it out. Well, now I know.
And, I agree with you Wade Hampton!
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I remember a 40-year old extension — ESTGAD. TG = Turn Green.
Total failure !
Putin is going to single handily going to break the EU
Nah, that was, is being, done by the EU policies they themselves push.
That disastrous conglomeration of states SHOULD be broken up…The idiots in charge will destroy the member countries!
Nah. If I were Putin I’d say, “Of course we will open our pipelines to you. As soon as you dismantle NATO, remove the Nazis from power in Ukraine, end all sanctions on Russia and any of her citizens, approve the Nordstream 2 pipeline, and publically declare to all your citizens that their electricity and gas supply is being provided by the good graces of Russia who wishes to live in peace with its European neighbors and refuses to let the people suffer under the dictates of leaders who would see their people starve and freeze to death while enriching themselves.”
Amen and great comment!
I want to vote Christopher Johnson for Secretary of State!
True enough.
Historically these kind of idiot elitist scumbags caused WWI and ultimately WWII where, in the final accounting, hundreds of millions perished from the war and it’s outcomes.
I think Russia should find other customers. The EU is too needy.
they already have …
Funny