Comments by "zjeee" (@zjeee) on "Could Putin FREEZE Europe by cutting off GAS? - VisualPolitik EN" video.

They have first hand experience of how the Russians operate. Smart people, Germany needs to take note and learn something
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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.
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@gerhardbenade5869 Europe is not one single country, some countries are more dependent than others, in my country 1% of our energy needs comes from Russian gas. It's too bad that our other European brothers and sisters (looking at you Germany) did not see a threat in Russia even after the Crimean occupation. We just have to suck it up and help each other now. My country is already a huge exporter of energy to Germany and the Netherlands have a sh1t ton of natural gas that they did not tap into for a very long time. We just have to throw the environmentalists out and start using our own resources. Speaking of Germany they have a lot of coal that they can use to generate electricity instead of using gas. Some countries made the mistake getting in bed with the Russian bear but not all of us were that foolish and we just have to help our friends and hope they learn from the mistake.
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@sb7109 Of course you can always use the land route but that's A LOOOOOT more expensive than sending it with ship. There's a reason it's a huge problem for Russia if they cannot transport the oil with ship. It's the cheapest and most effective method of transport by far. With your route through Iran they have to go Ship > Truck > Ship > Truck, they have to load and unload their cargo 3 times. That's expensive and time consuming.
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I think you will be disappointed to know we will start burning more oil and coal.
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Lol welcome to come visit us here in the Northern parts of Sweden, no heating with -30 outside? Good luck xD. That being said gas is only 2% of our energy needs so we're fine but our Neighbours are not so lucky.
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@markdickson3820 Thankfully the Netherlands have started tapping in to their massive gas deposits which hopefully could start to have an impact on the price once they get set up.
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Alberta, -50 °C? are you crazy? The coldest month in Alberta is January with an average of -5 to -15°C . I can tell you don't know much about Europe in my home country and city the coldest month is January with an average temperature is -9.9°C to -15.7°C. A winter below -20 is pretty normal here and it can drop down a lot colder than that. Last year our coldest day we had -37,5°C in November. Anyway Europe has a northern part too not everyone lives in the south, at least you learned something today.
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They wouldn't though because they need the money, besides it's a global world. Remember the American financial crisis of 2008 the people that suffered the most were not Americans, it was the third world. Plunging Europe into depression would throw the whole world into a depression. And yes it will hurt Europe but not as bad as the poorer parts of the world.
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Norway is already selling at a great capacity. The big potential is in the Netherlands where they have huge deposits of natural gas that they didn't tap into for a very long time
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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.
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Nah it was not a mistake from Russia, it was like that by design by Putin as he hoped it would allow him to do whatever he wanted without a European response. It worked great for him in 2014 when he took Crimea.
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If you think Europe is facing instability look at what the increased food and fuel prices are doing to the third world right now. Sri Lanka is only the first one to fall.
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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.
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Sounds like you are from a country with mild winters then, as someone originally from the North of Europe turning off all heating is not a good idea. If you don't want to use electricity at least you need to use firewood to keep the heat. You won't survive when temperatures drop to -30 with no heating inside. It's not a question of rich or poor, you will freeze to death if you don't have a source of heating. Right now I am living in a country with winters rarely dropping below -5 and of course not using heating here is not an issue on the flip side in the summer when it's 40 degrees outside you have to use the AC. Something we would never do in my home country because our summers are not hot at all. Anyway my point is, I am assuming you are from a country that doesn't experience cold winters or you'd know that it doesn't work like that when temperatures drop below -20.
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@gerhardbenade5869 Well that's what's keeping them alive can you imagine the day we don't need oil anymore? Some nation will lose 99% of their national income.
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I think you forget Europe is the top destination for African and Middle Eastern citizens fleeing their failed third country states for a very long time. Even without wars Europe would still be the number one destination.
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@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.
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Inflation is high all over the world due to the aftermath of the COVID lockdowns across the globe. If you want to thank anyone thank Russia, while there would still be inflation regardless the war they started made it a lot worse. As for Pakistan your politicians have made an excellent job effing up your economy perhaps you should thank them too.
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Easy to say when you are from a country with no winter. I currently live in a country that's 40 degrees right now and winters are never below 0 here. Heating is not necessary. In my home country however when with it's -20 or colder winters then it's essential. On the flip side when it's 40 degrees here everyone uses AC and coolers while in my country nobody does that during summer. What I am trying to say here is that the money people in the southern hemisphere don't spend on heating for winter they use on AC and cooling in the summer. The money people in the northern hemisphere spend on heating in winter they save by not having to use AC in the summer.
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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
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Russia has found Alternative customers? And who would that be? Transporting gas is not easy and it's done through pipelines. Currently the only other pipelines Russia has are those going to Asia like China and India and to some extent Turkey. Problem for Russia is the maximum capacity of those pipelines is only 20% of what it sells to Europe. Besides India has already stated they get a 35% discount. So let's see you lose 80% volume from not doing business from Europe, out of the 20% you still sell you have to sell with a 35% discount... Nah Russia will still sell gas to Europe for some time until they can finish more pipelines - Maybe 5 years down the line they can replace Europe. The thing about Russia is that they are just as dependent on European gas incomes as Europe is of Russian gas. The alternative they have is to produce it to LNG and ship it but India and China are not interested in LNG because it's a lot more expensive than the gas transported by pipelines.
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@amadeuz8161 It also depends in which Northern country you live in, once you stop heating your home the gas pipelines will freeze if inactive during the cold days and break. For countries like say Sweden this is not a problem because we don't use gas for heating but some of our neighbours are less lucky in that regard and more reliant on gas.
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