Why the West is reluctant to deny Russian banks access to SWIFT

Re:Why the West is reluctant to deny Russian banks access to... by pgeorgi on Friday February 25, 2022 @04:36PM (#30472647)

As I wrote: Even turning gas into electricity would reduce the amount of gas required. Which might make buying from other suppliers more realistic. Or reduce the amount of cash sent towards Russian military spending. Plus, no matter what is ultimately done, we'd gain flexibility.

The "gas boiler in every second home" scheme locks us into gas to a degree that even "a natural gas burning turbine in every city" wouldn't. But locked in we are.

The push for renewables or the rejection of nuclear power plants is orthogonal to why Germany is stuck with Russian gas.

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Re:Why the West is reluctant to deny Russian banks access to... by lazide on Friday February 25, 2022 @06:00PM (#30473419)

It would trade gas burned with capex - and that capex is very, very high, as you’d need to spend more on turbines and electrical transmission gear than all of Germany’s existing electrical grid. Many times over most likely.

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