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3.20.22
Germany said Sunday that it had reached a deal on an energy partnership with Qatar, as the European powerhouse seeks to reduce its dependence on Russia amid the invasion of Ukraine. Robert Habeck, Germany's Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, met with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani on Sunday. State-owned QatarEnergy said in a statement that the two countries "would re-engage and progress discussions on long term LNG supplies," Reuters reported. While Qatar didn't say that an agreement had been reached, and a German spokesperson told the news outlet that a deal between the nations had been finalized. "The companies that have come to Qatar with (Habeck) will now enter into contract negotiations with the Qatari side," the German spokesperson said, according to Reuters. The deal with Qatar comes as Germany has taken other steps to reduce its dependence on Russian energy in recent weeks. Last month, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced the nation would stop the certification of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline after Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow would recognize the sovereignty of self-proclaimed "people's republics" of Donetsk and Luhansk in Ukraine—a step Putin took just before he invaded Ukraine.
"We need to admit that in the past we have been too reliant on Russian imports," Habeck said in late February, according to Deutsche Welle. "In the medium and long term, we are going to significantly reduce the consumption of fossil fuels." One part of Habeck's plan includes passing a new law that would ensure that Germany's energy sources would be 80 percent renewable by 2030 and 100 percent by 2035, Deutsche Welle reported. In the weeks since the invasion of Ukraine, Western nations have sanctioned Russia, which has contributed to an increase in energy prices. In the U.S., which has seen record-high average gas prices in recent days, analysts have attributed the hike to Russia's continued offensive in Ukraine. "Prices have spiked across the country due to the Russian war on Ukraine as sanctions cripple Russia's ability to export crude oil, spiking gas prices by nearly 41 cents in the last seven days alone," GasBuddy, a company that tracks fuel prices in the U.S., said in a statement on March 5.
Many West European countries will turn to the Arab world to find alternatives to Russian gas and oil. The Arab countries are as problematic as the Russians though.
right - that´s the reason they are an alternative atm - but they practice slave labour, use all tools of totalitarian regimes, treat woman as second class people with literally no rights etc ppI don't recall Quatar bombing European cities to dust.
Correct, going and beg to the Arabs is just switching one dictator for another to serve.right - that´s the reason they are an alternative atm - but they practice slave labour, use all tools of totalitarian regimes, treat woman as second class people with literally no rights etc pp
so that it is an alternative that hurts
Many West European countries will turn to the Arab world to find alternatives to Russian gas and oil. The Arab countries are as problematic as the Russians though.
The geothermal gradient (i.e. the increase in temperature with an increase in depth in the Earth) is not equal all over the world. On average, the temperature increases 2°- 3° C per 100 m in depth, however the increase can range from 1° to 5° C/100 m.
Well yes, the only real solution is to finally fully commit to renewable energy, but instead they run and beg to Doha, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh.THE ENERGY MESS
Many West Europeans are going to get off their fat-duffs and seek alternative sources of energy. The sun and wind come to mind. Windmills are sprouting all around France, particularly offshore n France's coast.
But they aint enough. The main alternatives to oil and gas energy are nuclear, solar-, ethanol-, and wind-power.
I (for one) think that the easiest/quickest way out of this energy-mess in Europe is nuclear. Because we have the know-how and have had it for a very long time. France is putting up windmills wherever there are ample winds to turn them. But they are really-'n-truly ugly-platforms.
We dug for oil, why can't we dig-for-heat? From here:
Well yes, the only real solution is to finally fully commit to renewable energy, but instead they run and beg to Doha, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh.
The European Union is capable of going through next winter without imports of Russian natural gas while avoiding serious damage to its economy, according to a new report by Belgium-based think tank Bruegel. (Feb 28, 2022) ...
BoJo was last week in Riyadh begging the Saudis for oil, so it's really not just the Germans.They who? The Germans, yes. Because they obtained most of their supply from Russia. But, the Germans did shut down the second of the two sources coming from there - and it had been almost completed all the way from Russia to Germany!
They need badly another source by the end of the year (and colder weather). At present, 45% of the European Union's natural gas total imports are from Russia.
From Bloomberg News here:
Well yes, the only real solution is to finally fully commit to renewable energy, but instead they run and beg to Doha, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh.
Finland, and our energy industry is heavily influenced by Russia. While not our only supplier, it's certainly our largest supplier of gas, oil, coal and uranium.
Yes, yes, our nuclear sector that is so in bed with Rosatom it's not even funny.Going nuclear: How Finland is building energy independence from Russia
The public and political tide in Europe is turning away from long-standing oil and natural gas import policieswww.theglobeandmail.com
France has committed to reinvestment in nuclear power and the Dutch government decided last year to drop plans for a scheduled nuclear exit by 2033,...Back in Finland, as much as the country is fairly well-prepared to weather any energy storms on the horizon, Mr. Huttunen warns that prices will remain high as Russian energy is phased out.
The whole idea that nuclear is somehow Green is disgusting. Have they ever seen a uranium mine? Do they even know what nuclear waste is? Apparently they think it goes away if you dig a hole. Spoiler: it doesn't.every praising for production of nuclear waste is crime on our kids and theirs for hundred thousand of years
why do some people only can think of their own life span? That´s for me at least as selfish as "let us be rich, third world has to suffer for that"
prove it with a link, your leftist sympathies are badly mislead you, when it comes to nuclear powernuclear sector that is so in bed with Rosatom
We recently cancelled a nuclear reactor that was going to be entirely built by Rosatomprove it with a link, your leftist sympathies are badly mislead you, when it comes to nuclear power
F. is actually a huge player on this market as well "Finland is building the largest and most powerful nuclear reactor in Europe - and may have worked out what to do with spent nuclear fuel once and for all."World Top 25 Nuclear Power Companies List by Market Cap
World Top 25 Nuclear Power Companies List by Market Cap, World Biggest Nuclear Power Companies List by Market Cap.www.value.today
"could" and "might" is not enough reason for me to practice radioactive contamination of the underground - come back when it´s factprove it with a link, your leftist sympathies are badly mislead you, when it comes to nuclear power
F. is actually a huge player on this market as well "Finland is building the largest and most powerful nuclear reactor in Europe - and may have worked out what to do with spent nuclear fuel once and for all."World Top 25 Nuclear Power Companies List by Market Cap
World Top 25 Nuclear Power Companies List by Market Cap, World Biggest Nuclear Power Companies List by Market Cap.www.value.today
The whole idea that nuclear is somehow Green is disgusting. Have they ever seen a uranium mine? Do they even know what nuclear waste is? Apparently they think it goes away if you dig a hole. Spoiler: it doesn't.
German energy industrialists fattened up Putin's treasury with billions of bucks in projects that helped enable Putin to invade Ukraine and blast civilian centers. German Uniper built and operates power stations that its owner in Finland said it's going to sell; Wintershall Dea put drilling and extraction technology on Russian soil to fatten Putin's treasury to include his private one while it's also raking in big profits. Each of 'em is now a bailed investor of Nord Stream 2 Completely Kaput, each having to write off its billion euro loan to Gazprom that's been left holding the bag on all five European investors who've fled the coop since. At least Germanischer Lloyd in Munich pulled its pipeline insurance coverage but only when the first US sanctions came down in Q4 2019 and everybody fled the Baltic overnight.right - that´s the reason they are an alternative atm - but they practice slave labour, use all tools of totalitarian regimes, treat woman as second class people with literally no rights etc pp
so that it is an alternative that hurts
For thousands of years mariners and navies alike have observed the rule: Any port in a storm.that was surely a hard task for Habek - change a despot with another - but it is important to do atm
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