My biggest worry is that they are going to open NordStream 2 this winter "just to fill the emergency gap" -- and then it never gets closed.
I honestly don't know how likely that would be.
I honestly don't know how likely that would be.
Nord Stream 1 is operating at 10% (with a bunch of nonsense given as reasons) and while they wanted NS2 in the beginning, they are now asking for the sanctions to be lifted (which again doesn't make sense from a technical perspective).
So opening NS2 would do nothing but give Putin a political win and maybe(!) a trickle of gas
A temporary slightly increased cost of living is a cheap price to pay.
The alternative is continued financial support of Russia, which feeds their unacceptable invasion of Ukraine, and the murders of civilians and countless war-crimes.
Increased energy-prices is a price I am willing to pay. If you prefer supporting Putin to save some money, that is your opinion, which you are free to have.
This isn't some supply and demand free market problem, it's political policy on both sides.