Do they have an article on the recent semiconductor ban too? I’d like to revisit in 7 months.
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Do they have an article on the recent semiconductor ban too? I’d like to revisit in 7 months.
solarz
Brigadier
I had to check if this was the funny thread.
Hey, who could have put predicted this? It's not as if Russia a major energy supplier who was right next door to the biggest manufacturer centre in the world. Or that Europe was completely reliant on Russian energy...
Rather surprising they didn’t just try to twist some BS or cling on to some pure 100% IV copium.
These retards can only see money. Since they were buying the Russian piped gas for cheap, then it must not have been worth much in their view. But that gas price was artificially depressed, since the piped gas was being sold at the Netherlands stock market price at the insistence of the EU, the price had been low for last two years because of LNG dumping by the US and economic slump due to COVID-19 situation reducing gas demand. US was selling LNG at massive price in Asia and dumping their excess in Europe at marginal price. Now that Russian piped gas is not available, the EU is seeing the real cost of US LNG.
The UK, the idiots who started this whole natural gas stock market exchange idiocy instead of relying on stable long term prices like the other oil and gas countries have been doing for decades, also thought they were immune, because they weren't buying natural gas from Russia. They were buying it from the Netherlands. Which were buying gas from Russia. Real smart. So now they are suffering 4x natural gas price hike despite being a major gas producer themselves.
They probably think that gas comes from pipeline, like running water. It just keeps on flowing.
While the UK state revenues have failed to grow since 2008, its expenses have increased by 50% before the Ukraine war. All at a time when it is purported to be undergoing austerity. They thought they would be smart by gambling on gas prices
It's things like this that makes me laugh when people hold up the west or western values today as a model to emulate, be it politics, demographics or society. Countries like America and the UK are where they are because they are resting on the laurels of their ancestors. They are also squandering their wealth at a record rate through political incompetency.
Turtleneck sweater sales is going through the roof in Europe. Chinese exporters are seeing a 13 fold increase in search hits for them.
If I were to recommend an article of clothing to keep warm I would recommend an ushanka:
I got a PLA one, originally purchased for cosplay. One time I was hanging around Huangshan during winter and it got cold enough that I put it on and it made a huge difference. Those Russians they're onto something with this.
If I were to recommend an article of clothing to keep warm I would recommend an ushanka:
I got a PLA one, originally purchased for cosplay. One time I was hanging around Huangshan during winter and it got cold enough that I put it on and it made a huge difference. Those Russians they're onto something with this.
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Wonder if immigration had an impact on US and UK.
supercat
Major
Hopefully, facing such hostilities, China doesn't have to worry about brain drain to the U.S. and U.K. from now on.
It seems that German business has won so far.