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> Russia's unjustifiable war on Ukraine and the resulting cut in gas supply and rising energy costs While true, Putin's war is being used as a scapegoat in the
by was_a_dev 4y ago
> Russia's unjustifiable war on Ukraine and the resulting cut in gas supply and rising energy costs
While true, Putin's war is being used as a scapegoat in the UK for poor policy decisions. For a country in Europe with the lowest reliance on Russian gas, we have seen some of the largest increases in energy prices.
- jmyeet 4y agoIt doesn't really matter where the UK's gas comes from. That's not how global commodities markets work. If it was domestically produced you could legislatively do something about it but the UK's gas seems to primarily come from Norway. Also, the UK has the second-highest dependence on natural gas in their energy mix (after Italy; ignoring Belarus and Russia) [1]. [1]: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/6/infographic-how-much-of-europes-energy-gas https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/6/infographic-how-much...
- landoftheice 4y ago