Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Gas Prices go Negative: Has Europe won the Energy War?" video.

Same, over the last 15 years, we tried to reduce energy use as much as we can without lowering our quality of living, we managed to reduce our energy consumption by about half whiles using more tech gadgets. With insulation on the house, it mostly stays warm even in winter without using the radiator, we tend to only need heating around 2 or so days per year which is nothing really and we insulated the house even more this year so might not need heating at all. I think our next job will be installing solar panels on the roof.
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What we should remember is that Europe was getting around 50% or more of it's gas from other sources than Russia before the war in Ukraine, that percentage has gone up since the war. When you take into account the gas they are buying from other countries, the gas storage level and the cuts to consumption, it looks like Europe should be fine through winter and as winter eases, it gives them more time to adapt for next winter. Russia tried almost everything they could to divide the west and Europe but it looks like it's failed, the good news is that there is little chance of going back, Russia has lost Europe as a customer for the most part and that cost is in the trillions over the many years. There is also the factor that as Europe becomes more secure on energy, the EU and US could get a lot tougher on countries that are buying cheap oil and gas from Russia, maybe with tariffs on goods to the amount they are profiting on cheap oil and gas from Russia, after all, the western market is far more valuable to them than Russia is and it's highly unlikely that the west is going through all this only for the likes of China and India to prop up the Russian economy, I think the west are waiting on the EU to secure it's energy away from Russia before pulling that card out with the aim of total isolation of Russia from the world. As for Russia and if they are attempting to sabotage European infrastructure, that could very easelly be seen as a declaration of war against EU and NATO countries, if the EU and NATO gets directly involved, things would get a lot worse for Russia and maybe the world as well. But truth is, the damage is limited for now but if Putin tries to escalate a lot more, the EU and NATO would have to get more directly involved militarily and considering how poor Russia have been in Ukraine, I don't fancy Russia's chances against the EU and NATO and considering how Russians reacted to mobilization, I don't fancy Putin's chances of survival if he escalates this into a direct war as that will impact Russians a lot more in a direct way, but truth is, Putin is finished and desperate, he's clutching at straws, desperate for the EU to back down on all this, remember that Russia only has reserves for about 18 months going off estimates, in other words, the damage being done to Russia is likely going to skyrocket late next year. As for that adverts from Russia in Spain, it's funny because Russia tends to be a lot colder than Europe and more so Spain, why would anyone from Spain or the west of Europe want to move to Russia with everything going on? but in any case, winters tend to be mild in a lot of Europe, where I live in the UK, we rarely need the heating on because it doesn't get cold enough but that's mostly thanks to the house being well insulated, so we tend to only need heating for about 2 or so days per year, which is nothing really, also like many others, we've cut our consumption, it's remarkable how easy it is to cuts 5% or 10% without changing our lifestyles with a bit of thought put into it and the good thing is, many Europeans are going to carry these habits on after the energy crisis.
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@doyouwanttogivemelekiss3097 3 winter months whiles also getting 50% plus gas from other sources then Russia, looks like they'll be fine, especially as the target was 80% and that would have been to have more than needed, especially with gas tankers hanging around Europe and gas storage is around 95% When you take into account that Europeans are reducing their consumption, it's likely they are going to have more energy than they need, which should be good for lowering gas prices.
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@Philippe MARTINEZ We can't just say that through, nothing forced those other countries to buy oil and gas from Russia, they choose to do so because it was cheap, yes Germany played it's part but so did many other European countries. I also find it kinda arrogant of the eastern EU members saying they told you so on this and yet they still bought oil and gas from Russia, under EU rules, individual EU members can pick and choose where they buy their oil and gas, the question is, why did they still buy from Russia? so there is a lot of blame to go around and it involves all the west for going soft on Russia after Putin took over Crimea.
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The real laugh is going to begin after winter when Europeans more or less lived as they normally do, power is still on and nothing really changed. It's not just some Russians that are desperate on this, I've seen other people from other countries like India desperate for power cuts to happen and I think these people need to understand, there's a difference in wanting something to happen and reality which are two different things, basically, these people are deluding themselves, still it is entertaining to watch their hate filled rage at the west for being so successful.
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