Posted on 02/16/2023 6:48:13 PM PST by familyop
They are about as Christian as Osama Bin Laden.
Anyway. The effect of this winters gas problems are limited to parts of Europe, and not much there. Spain and Portugal and France are unaffected. Italy marginally, but practically not. And so on across the EU.
Worst case is Germany, by far. And they seem to have weathered it quite well.
To be fair, it does appear that the long range forecasts verified, and Europe generally had a mild winter. I believe most of the US did too (although there was one cold blast that broke many records.) For both to have mild winters is a bit unusual: Usually one is mild and the other cold. I’m not sure where the cold went - Maybe over water, or to Siberia (more so than usual.)
Perhaps Pooty has managed to offend God with his (Pooty’s) ridiculous assertions of protecting Christianity. The mild winter is God’s response?
(Oh, I know, that’s silly, but it’s less preposterous than a lot of the “Christianity” espoused by some of our Putin bots.)
At any rate, mild winters in both the US and in Europe surely took some pressure off the energy situation / prices.
You do realize that a disastrously cold winter in Europe might
drive up heating prices here, right?
Not silly, and you’re not the only one who had that thought. Your guess on divine intervention might be good.
Yes, that is good news.
That was the strategy. Russia would take over Ukraine and then use energy to dictate terms to the EU. The long-term goal was to use the threat of energy cut off to keep the EU out of the China / Tiawan conflict.
This is all in support of the BRICs vs US Dollar conflict.
But China’s and Russia’s plan was derailed when Ukraine put up a fight and denied Russia an easy victory.
EU overplayed about 800 billions euros this winter for an energy. This is what is all about.
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