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Supplying gas, which takes weeks or month to be consumed which can be stored and which, ultimately can come from different sources is very different from supply
by skywal_l 3y ago
Supplying gas, which takes weeks or month to be consumed which can be stored and which, ultimately can come from different sources is very different from supplying electricity directly.
If Algeria were to stop providing gas to Europe suddenly, gas could always be sourced from somewhere else. It would clearly be a huge headache but it can be done (cf Russian gas crisis just 6 months ago).
However, If Algeria decide to just stop providing electricity to Europe, what can Europe do?
If you think Europe making themselves dependent on Russian gas was a blunder, making themselves dependent on African electricity is a geopolitical suicide.