Gas Leak in the Baltic Sea

Re:Gas Leak in the Baltic Sea by mech987 on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @10:21AM (#32995552)

I've only thought about it for a minute- but I might speculate that it is a signal from Russia- "even if we decide we want to turn the gas back on, you might not be able to get it when you want it."

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Re:Gas Leak in the Baltic Sea by sudden_dystopia on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @10:51AM (#32996028)

Incentives don’t align for Russia (lose revenue) and Russia could just turn off the gas if it wanted to. Putin is a wildcard, but still, if he wanted to “teach Europe a lesson” he would just come out and say I’m turning the gas off, freeze to death.

Also, Biden promised that they had the capability and desire to take out the pipelines if Russia invaded so there is that. Plus, the US would stand to profit from exporting LNG to Germany.

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Re:Gas Leak in the Baltic Sea by throwrqX on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @02:41PM (#32999327)

Russia would only be losing potential revenue if the pipelines would be getting used any time soon, which is highly unlikely. They already did turn off the gas, now this just confirms it for the long term, with the added bonus of lots of people immediately blaming the US for it. Middle Eastern nations would benefit far more than the US, which has basically sold all of its capacity for LNG already. The EU is looking to sign LNG deals with those nations, see for example Scholz touring the Gulf region recently.

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Re:Gas Leak in the Baltic Sea by tomrod on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @10:26AM (#32995628)

    Dear Russia


    Thanks for confirming so clearly that you are an untrustworthy and manipulative partner. 


    Best,
    -The Rest of Europe.

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Re:Gas Leak in the Baltic Sea by dang on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @06:52PM (#33014228)

Would you please stop posting flamebait comments to HN? You've been doing it a lot lately. It's not what this site is for, and it destroys what it is for, so we have to ban such accounts.

If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.

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Re:Gas Leak in the Baltic Sea by sudden_dystopia on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @10:53AM (#32996049)

Freeze to death cold. I get the feeling a lot of people here live in California or on the west coast and don’t quite fathom how cold it gets in some parts of the world.

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Re:Gas Leak in the Baltic Sea by 1ris on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @12:29PM (#32997596)

Might actually happen in Bulgaria. And yet, for the most part, people are overreacting. I for one have lived in a temporary unheated german apartment with horrible insulation (build around 1955, not upgraded). It sounds way worse than it is. The only actually unpleasant thing is washing your hair. Just keep an eye on the humidity.

I won't heat my (different) apartment this winter. It will be ok.

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