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I think it was more about Germany being able to buy gas straight from Russia without having to pay fees to Poland/Ukraine/Belarus/whoever for transporting gas t

• lesuorac 4y ago
  Sure but it's a poor deal. Poland takes ~200 million euro for 30 bcm (0.15 bcm/m euro) over ~700 km of pipeline [1]. NS2 would cost 9.5 billion while transporting 110 bcm (0.01 bcm/m euro) [2]. It would take over a decade to break even (ignoring maintenance costs or any sort of cost overrun) and the world has been moving away from fossil fuels so it'd break even at a time when nobody wants it. [1]: https://www.dw.com/en/can-ukraine-do-without-russian-gas-transit-fees/a-60552279 https://www.dw.com/en/can-ukraine-do-without-russian-gas-tra... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_Stream#:~:text=For%20Nord%20Stream%202%2C%20the,costs%20of%20%E2%82%AC9.5%20billion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_Stream#:~:text=For%20Nord....