I really hope so. The US has had major interests in not having this completed, and getting this up and running only just to spite them would be worth it.
Re:Nord Stream 2 declares bankruptcy
by singularity2001 on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @05:15AM
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What's the big deal about a second pipeline?
Re:Nord Stream 2 declares bankruptcy
by ComradePhil on Thursday March 03, 2022 @02:20AM
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Additional pipelines double the previous capacity.
The US has two main political interests when it comes to the use of natural gas.
One of them is anti-fossil fuels and would not like to have a world where a large portion of the western world relies on fossil fuels.
Another faction is invested in the US fracking industry, one of the products of which is natural gas. The gas from fracking can be liquified and shipped in large quantities to Europe because it already relies on a lot of it.
Both of these interests have a common enemy: Russia.
- 2011 - Nord Stream 1 nearing completion and Nord Stream AG starts thinking about two more lines (which would later be named Nord Stream 2)
- 2015 Jun - Decision to build Nord Stream 2 was made https://amp.dw.com/en/gazprom-inks-plan-for-new-gas-pipeline...
- 2017 Apr - Financing agreements signed https://www.ft.com/content/32898bae-28f3-11e7-9ec8-168383da4...
- 2018 Jan - Germany officially grants permit https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nordstream-germany-permit...
- 2018 May - US diplomats start talking about sanctions https://www.rferl.org/a/us-warns-russian-german-nord-stream-...
- 2018 Jul - Trump scolds NATO General Secretary over European energy relations with Russia https://youtu.be/Vpwkdmwui3k
- 2019 Jan - US ambassador to Germany threatens sanctions https://www.dw.com/en/us-ambassador-richard-grenell-threaten...
- 2019 Dec - US sanctions Nord Stream 2 https://www.dailysabah.com/americas/2019/12/21/trump-signs-7...
- 2020 Dec - US continues to protest, Germany continues to build https://www.thelocal.de/20201206/work-set-to-resume-on-nords...
- 2021 Jan - Trump sanctions the Russian ship building Nord Stream 2 on his last day at the office https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-nordstream-sanctions-...
- 2021 Jan - EU sanctions it too https://www.commonspace.eu/news/european-parliament-approves...
- 2021 May - US waives the sanctions on Nord Stream 2 https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-waive-sanctions-f...
- 2021 Jun - First line construction is complete https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2021-06-10/con...
- 2021 Sep - The full construction of Nord Stream 2 is complete https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/final-piece-nord-stream...
- 2022 Jan - Nord Stream 2 registers German subsidiary as a part of the certification process https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/nord-stream-2-regist...
This is a result of over a decade of planning and construction with governments, corporations and companies of Germany, UK, France, Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Estonia, Sweden, Russia... and probably more countries to provide cheap and reliable and climate friendly energy source to Europe... and it is just an addition of 2 more pipes to a pipeline that is already operational for a decade now... and the construction is already complete.
Give it a few years, the American media clowns will find something else to distract their peasants with; meanwhile the project will move a few hands, will see some rebranding and the sanctions will be quietly lifted. It has happened before and it will most definitely happen again. It will take something much more drastic than what's happening in Ukraine for that to not go through.