"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (5 Viewers)

[Admiral Beez]

Selling to one customer actually becomes a leash. In business, diversification matters. When one only has one main buyer, guess who calls the shots?

That's Canada's experience. All our fossil fuels and most of everything else that's exported goes primarity to the US. We have no LNG capability, so all natural gas exports are US bound, and subject to a lot of take it or leave it thinking from our US cousins.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

That's Canada's experience. All our fossil fuels and most of everything else that's exported goes primarity to the US. We have no LNG capability, so all natural gas exports are US bound, and subject to a lot of take it or leave it thinking from our US cousins.

The customer is not always right, but he sure has the money to disagree. Russia is soon to learn this, I suspect.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Bingo!

 

[SaparotRob]

Putler cut off oil to the west. That's his big play. Europe ditches Russian energy sooner. Europe accounts for at least 75% of Russia's oil exports. China and India start buying, at a discount on oil which is already down in cost. Europe puts a cap on Russian oil. India and China buy the same quantity as Europe and at the old higher price because, like, Putler is a Dude, bro'. Just kidding. They buy it at just above the cap. Not that they can buy much more unless Indians start frying batata vada in Ural crude. Others buy the stuff and sell to to west? Okay, it won't be at same volume as Europe bought and Russia ain't getting much of a piece of that pie. And oil prices come down. Which is cool. Mission accomplished.

 

[buffnut453]

Brilliant. Just BRILLIANT!

Ukrainian hackers created fake profiles of attractive women to trick Russian soldiers into sharing their location, report says. Days later, the base was blown up.

Russian soldiers sent the Ukrainian hackers photos, which they geolocated and sent to the Ukrainian military, the Financial Times reported.

finance.yahoo.com

 

[Admiral Beez]

Brilliant. Just BRILLIANT!

Ukrainian hackers created fake profiles of attractive women to trick Russian soldiers into sharing their location, report says. Days later, the base was blown up.

Russian soldiers sent the Ukrainian hackers photos, which they geolocated and sent to the Ukrainian military, the Financial Times reported.

finance.yahoo.com

The first comment under the article is spot on.

"See, this is the reason why information needs to be classified. They could have kept their mouths shut and keep using this method, but they just had to go and brag about it, and now this particular method will be less effective in the future."

 

[FLYBOYJ]

The first comment under the article is spot on.

"See, this is the reason why information needs to be classified. They could have kept their mouths shut and keep using this method, but they just had to go and brag about it, and now this particular method will be less effective in the future."

I guarantee you that despite the word getting out on this, there will be plenty of gullible Russian soldiers falling for the same scam. How many years have there been websites for mail order brides but yet men with over-active testosterone will be duped time and time again.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Putler cut off oil to the west. That's his big play. Europe ditches Russian energy sooner. Europe accounts for at least 75% of Russia's oil exports.

This is just the kick Europe needed to recommit to nuclear power generation and to expedite geothermal heating, along with a big boost in solar and wind.

Geothermal Energy: Revolutionary Energy Source for a Green Europe

For thousands of years, people have been using geothermal energy. Today, it is an alternative to power plants based on fossil fuels and

energyindustryreview.com

Finland opens Europe's first new nuclear reactor in 15 years | The National

Long-delayed Olkiluoto 3 reactor is intended to boost the Nordic country's electricity supply

www.thenationalnews.com

And Europe and the US can start to crack China's dominance of the solar industry.

Why China Is Dominating the Solar Industry

Between 2008 and 2013, China's solar-electric panel industry dropped world prices by 80 percent

www.scientificamerican.com

 

[GrauGeist]

I guarantee you that despite the word getting out on this, there will be plenty of gullible Russian soldiers falling for the same scam. How many years have there been websites for mail order brides but yet men with over-active testosterone will be duped time and time again.

At least they're not posing as FNS agents (Federal Taxation Service - Russia's IRS) telling them to make a tax payment with wall mart gift cards!

 

[buffnut453]

No sourcing on this article, but the info about Russian dependency on imports is interesting:

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

 

[buffnut453]

An interesting article about the Wagner Group and it's relationship to the Kremlin:

For Putin and Russia, the mercenaries of the Wagner Group could be a recipe for disaster

European rulers have a long history of using mercenaries, and that history suggests Russia's Wagner Group could become a problem for Vladimir Putin.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[buffnut453]

Moscow continues to push the story that the Nord Stream pipeline problems are due to Western sanctions, despite Siemens engineers stating that the required repairs are routine. The brinkmanship continues:.

Russia Delivers Energy Ultimatum as Nord Stream Pipeline Shut Down

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov blamed sanctions for Russia's failure to deliver gas via the key pipeline that delivers gas to Germany via the Baltic Sea.

www.newsweek.com

 

[GrauGeist]

"Russia says..."

If those clowns told me the ocean was made of water, I'd go down to the beach, stand in the surf for 20 minutes just to be sure.

 

[at6]

Since Putin has decided to weaponize gas by cutting off the flow, it might be nice if someone infiltrated and destroyed the gas at it's source. The Putin would have nothing to sell.

 

[MicroShket]

And MikroShket is straight out of "the Great Patriotic War", if you ask me.

You mean the Great Patriotic war of 1812?
Yes, I clearly see that this forum is totally unbiased and objective in it's judgment. But wait...

If the caption starts with "Russia says...", then it's either complete bullsh*t, partial bullsh*t or *may* have a grain of truth.

Heavy emphasis on *may*.

Oh, shi...
So I would like to know "out of what" or where are these participants from?

I'll leave you alone in this sandbox multiplying flowing like sand dreams of Falcon and Warthog.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

 

[Admiral Beez]

Since Putin has decided to weaponize gas by cutting off the flow, it might be nice if someone infiltrated and destroyed the gas at it's source. The Putin would have nothing to sell.

Russia is doing that themselves. Once the natural gas field has been opened it cannot easily be closed. You must either burn or store the gas. Since Russia won't sell the gas to its customers to burn, and since Russia has very limited gas storage capacity, the gas must be burned at the well head.

Russia Flares Natural Gas as Energy Bills Surge in Europe

At a plant near the border with Finland, Russia is burning an estimated $10 million worth of natural gas every…

www.instituteforenergyresearch.org

Europe and the advanced West (US, Canada, ANZ, etc.) lead the world in the invention of nearly everything concerning energy. With all their minds working on the matter Europe will be permanently back on course in heating and energy by 2025. It's going to be touch and go for winter 2022/23, but the Europeans have got through a lot worse, such as total destruction by 1945. Europe will be fine, and Russia will be reduced to a nothing power.

No, it's not a new Flaktürme.

Germany Has Built A Huge 'Thermos' To Help Heat Homes In Winter

Vattenfall, a Swedish utility firm, has developed a massive “thermos” that will hold millions of gallons of hot water to help heat Berlin

wonderfulengineering.com

There's a lot of projects underway that will progressively neuter Russia's leverage.

The world's longest subsea cable will send clean energy from Morocco to the UK [update]

A 10.5 GW solar and wind farm is going to be built in Morocco, and it's eventually going to power 7 million homes in the UK.

electrek.co

France announces plans to build up to 14 nuclear reactors

France has announced plans to build up to 14 new nuclear reactors in a move that could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide a buffer against volatile energy prices.

www.cnn.com

 

[Admiral Beez]

Canada announced at the NATO summit 39 brand new LAVs bound for Ukraine. See post 8302

I hope they're better than some of the kit we're sending. Though to be fair, this seems to be private donation rather than flaws in government kit.



I imagine a lot of the privately donated or funded kit is faulty or fraudulent. Scammers can smell an easy source of cash.

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

You mean the Great Patriotic war of 1812?
Yes, I clearly see that this forum is totally unbiased and objective in it's judgment. But wait...

Oh, shi...
So I would like to know "out of what" or where are these participants from?

I'll leave you alone in this sandbox multiplying flowing like sand dreams of Falcon and Warthog.

 

[buffnut453]

Steady on, folks. We've made it to over 10K posts and 500+ pages on this thread without it getting shut down. It's been a great discussion. Please, PLEASE let's not ruin things by getting personal with the posts.