Nord Stream blast 'blew away 50 metres of pipe'

Re:Nord Stream blast 'blew away 50 metres of pipe' by mschuster91 on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @10:17AM (#33247546)

> The theory is that the US did a Cortez and burned the hypothetical escape route Europe had for its NatGas problem. Now they are committed to the Ukrainian cause because they won’t get their gas either way.

That's pure bollocks because the pipelines through Poland/Belarus and Austria/Hungary/Ukraine still exist and work. They were able to handle the entire European gas supply before Germany decided to build NordStream to reduce the leverage of these transit countries.

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Re:Nord Stream blast 'blew away 50 metres of pipe' by arrosenberg on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @10:21AM (#33247612)

I wasn’t endorsing the notion, but thats the motive being assigned when the US is blamed.

I wouldn’t say its an unrealistic POV though, Ukraine and Poland would likely block gas if the alternative was letting Russia win the war.

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Re:Nord Stream blast 'blew away 50 metres of pipe' by nathanaldensr on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @10:21AM (#33247621)

The point is to remove a direct source of gas. Just because there is an indirect source doesn't mean it's reliable or a full replacement; leverage can be exerted on those transit countries just as easily, or those countries may, on their own, decide to join Russia's economic sphere of influence.

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