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And this helps to prevent Ukraine and other such eastern companies from having political pressure since instability there or intent to close the pipes to depriv
by modo_mario 5y ago
And this helps to prevent Ukraine and other such eastern companies from having political pressure since instability there or intent to close the pipes to deprive Russia of revenue can just be sidestepped
- Arnt 5y agoIf you meant that since Russia has pipelines to China and also through the Ukraine, I think you might want to look at their capacity and current usage. Even if Russia had as much pipeline capacity to China as it has towards Europe, simply switching its exports isn't possible like that. Diverting 20% of Russian exports from Europe would require increasing Chinese usage by 100%. Doable, I'm sure, given the time to build a few dozen new gas-fired power plants and shutting down as much coal-fired capacity, but not done in a week.
- modo_mario 5y agoNo I meant the existing pipelines to Europe are not limiting capacity in a way that justifies nordstream2