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18 comments on Ukraine vs Russia: Tales of pipelines and dependence

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totoneila on December 4, 2006 - 7:51am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Hello Oil4Food,

Thxs for this info.  I am really surprised this thread by Jerome has not generated a lot more comments from Europeans: surely their increasing Russian energy dependency must concern them.  I also thought that PO + GW awareness was much higher in Europe than in the US, but maybe this perception is incorrect?

Bob Shaw in Phx,Az  Are Humans Smarter than Yeast?

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oil4food on December 5, 2006 - 8:42am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Until the fiasco of last winter, I don't think the average  European gave the subject much thought.  In fact, about 10 years ago, I conducted an informal survey and found that most people did not know where their NG sources originated. Most had only a vague understanding that the supplies were derived from North Africa and the North Sea. And why should they? In Europe, the big monopolies and Gov't Agencies run the show, w/o worrying the population of their dependencies. You turn on the tap, and the gas flows... Russia wasn't even on the 'Radar Scope'. Now it is.
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totoneila on December 6, 2006 - 12:29am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Hello Oil4Food,

I wish there was a relatively painless way to get the 'American radar scope' fired up to detect what is coming.

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