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Re:Tell HN: If You Are in Russia by skocznymroczny on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @03:51AM (#30511402)
Western Europeans willingly made themselves dependent on gas. It was supposed to be an intermediate step for "ecological" transition away from coal. But unlike coal, which is widely available in Europe and from other countries (the coal mines may have closed in many countries, but the coal is still there), gas is hard to obtain in Europe and need to rely on a few gas countries.

When Trump criticized German dependency on gas and was slowing the construction Nord Stream 2 he was criticized and laughed at.

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Re:Tell HN: If You Are in Russia by shrimpx on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @04:36AM (#30511842)
This is true, especially Germany and Italy, and Germany in particular. Even now they're in the process of shutting down more nuclear power, to become even more dependent on Russian gas. It's idiotic and pathetic, really. I hope Scholz has more of a brain than Merkel.
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