Stop Buying Putin's Oil You **&%$%

[DanieRains]

Our oil money buys his tanks.

My god it is so simple.

Sanctions now, not "after" dammit.

You don't want war.

Cut Putin off NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Blue Owl]

1. Bonus: when Vladdy is cut off, so is tRump

[argyl]

5. It's my understanding that Germany relies in 15% of it's energy on Russian LPN.

Rotterdam has the largest and most modern port in the world. With oil and LPN prices as high as they are most of Germany's energy needs would be taken care of. They won't have to cut their beautiful forests to stay warm.
Except for weapons systems inferior on the whole to German, French, and , of course US systems, they have nothing the world wants. Nothing.
And a further economic slump in Russia could spell the end of Putin and his oligarch buddies. And for fucks sake find where they're hiding their I'll gotten gains and freeze them. No doubt they'd prefer the beaches of the French Riviera, the Maldives, or Koh Samui in Thailand. Let them settle for the Black Sea. And if they want to celebrate in a big, booming town like NYC, Paris, Tokyo, or San Francisco there's always Moscow or St. Petersburg.
Plus, the EU has invested in non fossil fuels very heavily. In a very few years they will be able to not rely on oil or LGN.
Cinch up your coats and quit supplying Russia with Euros, Germany. The whole world is behind you.
And should Russia choose to attack Ukraine they'll be militarily humiliated.

[FBaggins]

2. Easy for us to say (literally)

We buy hardly any oil or gas from Russia.

But large portions of Europe would suffer if they tried. It would be more like the sanctions were on them than the other way around.

Consider Germany… which has spent the last decade or two shutting down nuclear power and coal (which they produced themselves) and switching to wind solar and more natural gas (much of which comes from Russia). Winter isn’t a great time for solar power and often isn’t all that great for wind power.

[DanieRains]

3. Better Than War

If you ask me.

[Celerity]

4. Explainer: Why Russian exports hold sway over European and British gas prices

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/why-russian-exports-hold-sway-over-european-british-gas-prices-2021-11-03/

LONDON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Benchmark European gas prices jumped 15% this week after a major pipeline bringing gas from Russia began sending flows eastwards. But why do Russian exports have such an impact on Europe's gas markets, even in countries that Russia doesn't directly supply? read more

HOW MUCH GAS DOES RUSSIA SUPPLY?

Europe relies on Russia for around 35% of its natural gas. The bulk comes through pipelines including Yamal, which goes through Belarus and Poland to Germany, Nord Stream, which goes directly to Germany, and pipelines going through Ukraine.

Europe’s internal gas markets are linked through a network of interconnecting pipelines. Not all countries get supply directly from Russia, but if countries such as Germany, the biggest consumer of Russian gas, see lower flows from Russia they must replace this from elsewhere such as Norway.

That has a knock-on effect on how much gas is available from other sources for other countries, and for transit.

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