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Re:Nord Stream 2 declares bankruptcy by vba616 on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @07:46PM (#30522140)
>Europe will pay a price which is unknown, but it is certain it will be huge. You just don’t quit drugs (cheap energy) in a week.

I mean, surely it is a massive disruption, but...<gestures vaguely at the Berlin airlift and currently ongoing LNG shipments to Europe>.

Saying the price will be huge - compared to what alternative right now? Are there really any costs that are not opportunity costs?

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Re:Nord Stream 2 declares bankruptcy by baq on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @01:42AM (#30524470)
This development changes “transitory” inflation into a potential long term problem. Do not disregard that: inflation is what causes democracies to fail.
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