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It’s not the president putin. It’s corrupt Germans who took russian money and build insane dependency on cheap russian gas. Now the card house is falling apart
by lnsru 4y ago
It’s not the president putin. It’s corrupt Germans who took russian money and build insane dependency on cheap russian gas. Now the card house is falling apart and the general population must pay the price. My gas bill increased by ~2,8x. On the other hand russians have nothing left to blackmail Europe.
- ghostwriter 4y ago> On the other hand russians have nothing left to blackmail Europe. that's a very naive way of looking at economic interdependence, even more naive than the view of politicians half a year ago that led Europe to the current energy crisis. How about european aerospace industry's need for titanium and aluminium? [1] There are several important resource markets where Russia has a significant share of the supply pie [2]. Metals and fertilizers to name a few. Politicians know that but are acting as if they don't, and the public has better start asking them for more than just knee-jerk reactions with economic sanctions that mostly hurt key european industries and numerous households that depend on these industries. [1] > Airbus has said it relies on Russia for half its titanium needs, while a U.S. industry source said VSMPO-AVISMA provided a third of Boeing's requirements: https://www.reuters.com/business/importance-russian-titanium-global-industry-2022-03-01/ https://www.reuters.com/business/importance-russian-titanium... [2] https://www.oecd.org/ukraine-hub/policy-responses/the-supply-of-critical-raw-materials-endangered-by-russia-s-war-on-ukraine-e01ac7be/ https://www.oecd.org/ukraine-hub/policy-responses/the-supply...
- lnsru 4y agoAluminium and titanium can be sourced from other sources. And they don’t depend on complex pipelines for delivery. It will be more expensive for sure.