Prav ste prebrali – nempki minister za gospodarstvo in podpredsednik vlade Robert Habeck svari – ne pred odvisnostjo od ruskega – pred odvisnostjo od ameriškega plina. Ker bi ZDA lahko izsiljevale EU.

Samo še malce mu manjka, da bo dojel, da je ameriški “prijateljski” plin 4- do 5-krat dražji od ruskega. Tega, da je z zaprtjem 17 jedrskih elektrarn in s povečevanjem deleža vetrnih in sončnih elektrarn ter biomase na 60 % proizvodnje elektrike v Nemčiji povzročil še večjo odvisnost Nemčije od plina (in premoga), pa ne bo nikoli dojel.

Bloomberg:

Germany’s economy minister Robert Habeck warned Europe against becoming overly reliant on US energy and urged the region to stick together in response to the new Donald Trump administration.

Europe should “meet the Trump administration with an outstretched hand, but not have our hand cut off,” he said Tuesday at the Handelsblatt energy summit in Berlin, responding to the climate and energy directives Trump launched hours after taking office. The European Union should define its own interests, said Habeck…

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While countries across the world are considering ramping up US imports to placate the new administration, a stronger reliance on the US could mean “a form of blackmail that we had in Russia is being repeated,” said Habeck.

After Moscow’s attack on Ukraine, Europe lost most of its Russian gas supplies via pipelines and had to turn to more expensive liquefied natural gas imports, mostly from the US. Its economy — and particularly that of Germany — has been slow to recover from the shock.

“In a world in which we have to expect energy supply chains to be exploited for power politics, energy dependency is always a problem,” Habeck said.