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Good thing they exported 15% of their domestic energy production to the friendly state of Russia - in the form of natural gas imports ($20B per year). What cou
by onlyrealcuzzo 4y ago
Good thing they exported 15% of their domestic energy production to the friendly state of Russia - in the form of natural gas imports ($20B per year).
What could possibly go wrong?
- Jon_Lowtek 4y ago96% of european uranium demand is met by imports, 4% is domestic, and 20% are imported from russia. Source: Euratom Supply Agency - Annual Report 2021 - Page 14 https://euratom-supply.ec.europa.eu/publications/esa-annual-reports_en https://euratom-supply.ec.europa.eu/publications/esa-annual-... Also look at page 26ff which states that it would take years to replace current dependency on russia, not only in raw ressources, but also enrichment and recycling services.
- onlyrealcuzzo 4y agoYou can import 100% of Uranium from actual allies without problem.
- Jon_Lowtek 4y agothe linked Euroatom Supply Agency Report says otherwise. But it's besides the point anyway: the grandparent argued that it is stupid to import 15% energy
- onlyrealcuzzo 4y agoRussia is 19% of your Uranium imports. Larger for natural gas. You can easily source that 19% from Canada, Kazakhstan, Australia, and the US instead of Russia.
- bamboozled 4y agoIt was the eco-friendly choice /s