• CommieElon [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    not because Germany is good but they get most of their gas from Russia? An axis of gas if you will.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      3 years ago

      Something something Material Conditions something something

      Although, you really don't have to work hard to convince folks in the Balkins or the Germans who were born on the front lines of the Cold War that a horrifying military clash spilling over the border would be bad for them.

      There are enough Iraq War refugees bouncing around Europe who serve as an object lesson of American hawkery, if nothing else.

    • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I've been maintaining this whole time that war probably won't happen because Russia need to sell its gas to Europe, and Europe needs that gas to heat their homes.

      • Does_KJU_Have_Drip [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        I’ve been hearing the gas thing is over emphasized, something like 12% of Europe’s power comes from gas and only like a third of that is Russian gas

        • anoncpc [comrade/them]
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          3 years ago

          https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/infographs/energy/bloc-2c.html#carouselControls?lang=en

        • Collatz_problem [comrade/them]
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          3 years ago

          Given that European economy is already fragile due to Covid and falling rate of profit, it is still unacceptable.

        • Circra [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          True but when you are dealing with the kinda collossal quantities in play there, a third of 12% is a huge amount.