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> Ukraine? They've didn't have a lot energy to begin with They're in top 30 by energy production in the world, around 50% of the energy produced being nuclear.
by practice9 4y ago
> Ukraine? They've didn't have a lot energy to begin with
They're in top 30 by energy production in the world, around 50% of the energy produced being nuclear. And there untapped gas reserves as well. Coal has been disrupted since Russia invaded the east in 2014
If I'm not mistaken, nuclear capacity was to be expanded considerably in 2022 - 2023, to sell more energy to EU (specifically Poland)
- eldaisfish 4y agoTop 30 of most things doesn’t mean much since values tend to drop exponentially once you’re past the top ten or fifteen. Energy is usually used to refer to things like oil and gas, both items that Ukraine doesn’t have a lot of. Both Russia and Norway have more oil/gas than Ukraine.
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> doesn’t mean much Compare a map of Ukraine’s gas deposits [1] with one of Russian-occupied territory [2]. > oil and gas, both items that Ukraine doesn’t have a lot of Ukraine has enough to rival, if not dethrone, Moscow [3]. It is accurate to say the Kremlin is burying Russians in large part to protect its energy profits. [1] https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-gas-potential-of-individual-regions-of-Ukraine_fig1_350850048/amp https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-gas-potential-of-ind... [2] https://mobile.twitter.com/War_Mapper/status/1585423690795286528/photo/1 https://mobile.twitter.com/War_Mapper/status/158542369079528... [3] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas_in_Ukraine#Proven_reserves https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas_in_Ukraine#Prove...