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My understanding is that Europe has several months of gas reserves. Even if Russia cut it off completely, the real pain would come next winter rather than imme
by tempestn 5y ago
My understanding is that Europe has several months of gas reserves. Even if Russia cut it off completely, the real pain would come next winter rather than immediately.
- potamic 5y agoWhere do you store that much gas?
- dan_hawkins 5y agoUnderground: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas_storage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas_storage
- potamic 5y agoThis blows my mind! I knew you couldn't possibly store so much in tanks, but the idea to pump it into the ground is really insane.
- tempestn 5y agoPressurized tanks, I assume.
- dan_hawkins 5y agoNot really: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas_storage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas_storage
- tempestn 5y agoThanks. Funny thing is I even knew that at one point, but had forgotten. At least I included "I assume" in my comment rather than stating my faulty assumption as fact!