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Yeah, because the US wanted especially Germany to buy US LNG instead of Russian gas. The latter worked since the 69s, it worled all the wayvthrough the Reagan admin and the end of the cold war, the fall of the soviet union until Putin turned nuts. All in all, tgat bad dependency worked nicely for 50+ years.

Now that changes an Europe will adapt.

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"adapt". There's decades of pain and death for millions in your use of the word, pain and death that could have been avoided, and will undo much of whatever the that 50+ year dependency produced.

Also say what you will about US policy, we may not be altruists but we're a far lesser evil than the Russians have ever been from a European perspective. Cheap energy from Russia has been a Faustian bargain for at least the last 15 years.

Soviet gas was a reliable thing for 50+ years, that changed only in 2022. And couod you please explain how millions are going to die in Europe over the change from gas to some other renewable source of heating? Seriously curious here, because I see that shit repeatef all iver the place without any reasonable explanation whatsoever.

Obviously it won't be direct or all at once, but serious inflation kills. Economic recessions kill. Suicides and overdoses increase, and European energy prices are climbing so high people literally freezing to death might not be unheard of if winter is cold enough. And even those who can make it through will be seriously diminished economically. Peoples' livelihoods will be destroyed.

One thing's for sure, the vaunted European social safety nets are going to have a hell of a stress test over the next few years. I hope they're up to the task.

Yeah, until you elect DeSantis or Trump again. Thanks.

How did Germany buy US LNG for the last 50 years? They certainly can't buy it now they since they don't have the terminals to receive the ships.

We didn't buy large amounts of US LNG, which is the entire point. It was not really necessary until Russia launched its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

There are terminals in the netherlands and belgium which can then be piped to the rest of europe.

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