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Fakula1987 t1_iye0fh3 wrote

Europe has simply bought everything what was available.

And: warm Winter - at least until now.

And Germany delayed the shutdown of its nuclear Power plants.

And Franze seems to be able to repair their Power plants

Yes, its difficult. But managable.

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weiner_forest t1_iye0o6a wrote

Those headlines were written by idiots. Oil is a global commodity. Price goes up because Russia can't sell, and maybe alternative energy is used in places where it's now economically competitive. Some people just pay.

Think of it this way: Supposed all you ate was McDonalds and the cost of burger went up. Big Macs go from $3 to $4. Would you

A: Start ordering McChickens instead.

B: Just pay the extra dollar for the Big Macs

C: Starve

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Im_A_MechanicalMan t1_iyf8s7n wrote

If you only had 3 dollars what now?

You're assuming they all have 4 dollars in your example.

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FroazZ t1_iye09x0 wrote

Gas storages filled up. It's a mild autumn.

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theblitz6794 t1_iye6tk0 wrote

It assumed Europe would just do nothing.

Instead they worked the problem, stockpiled, and did some stuff to get ready.

Apparently doing your DD works

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Im_A_MechanicalMan t1_iyf8lfy wrote

This is still Autumn. Winter doesn't start until the Solstice on December 21st. Check back then. But really check back in February. The issue wasn't there wouldn't be any but if there would be enough to last through Winter.

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ADXMcGeeHeezack t1_iyfb7vy wrote

The world is always on the precipice of collapse, don't you know?!

Just off the top of my head, things the news used to drill on about forever & then conveniently forgot about, we've got...

  • Peak Oil
  • SARS (the OG one)
  • Ebola
  • Trump
  • War with Iran
  • War with China
  • War with Russia
  • Hong Kong

I know I'm forgetting a bunch if anyone else wants to add hah

But yeah, it's in the media's interest for you to think things are worse then they are. Gets more clicks, not to mention plays into the 'us vs them' pov

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ivegotwonderfulnews t1_iye0mft wrote

always remember the news companies publish anything they can call facts that they think will get clicks and continue to sound the alarm until the clicks slow to a crawl and something else, new and shiny, shows up. Never pay attention, its virtually all noise.

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Stachemaster86 t1_iye3ztm wrote

Bingo. Beat the horse dead till everyone is sick of it and then shell game it somewhere else. That’s why I try to follow a bit of global news.

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Upper-Equivalent3651 t1_iyee7wa wrote

We are fine.

This winter.

And I have enough wood for three winters. And gasoline. ANd next year PV.

Fuckit. I will survive you all during the winter.

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Humble_Increase7503 t1_iyeflrb wrote

If you were paying attention, europe had been stock piling gas reserves for months now

Whether it lasts the whole winter, who knows, but most of Europe should be good until March.

Non story, was a non story for a minute.

But people wanna see the world burn

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Kraakefjes t1_iyeowki wrote

F.kn expensive power here (Norway). Varies from day to day, but usually from 300-600% price increase from last winter and year before last.

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Frothylager t1_iye65ht wrote

Prices rocketed because Europe panicked and bought every barrel it could 6 months ago. Now they are like every North American retailer sitting on way too much inventory with no way to move it.

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OrinCordus t1_iye6p1t wrote

It's been super mild weather wise for the last couple of months and Europe completely filled their gas storage units. It could still worsen but the outlook is a lot more positive/manageable now than it was in September.

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luckytrade313 t1_iyebl5t wrote

they have a bunch of LNG tankers just floating at sea hoping for a cold winter so they can make $$$$$$$$

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Psychological-Eye968 t1_iyegacn wrote

Russian energy has not stopped flowing, so they filled their tanks at the expense of dead Ukrainians.

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Slick_Wick324 t1_iyelfa0 wrote

They have blankets and sweatshirts

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ExperienceKindly6817 t1_iyerwex wrote

Got wood in front of the house and gas from the pipe. Won't be a cold winter here in germany. Just a little more expensive. You know the media....

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MrULTRALONG t1_iye1kvi wrote

Europe has more than they need liquid nat gas

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neutralpoliticsbot t1_iye5wao wrote

it was a bs narrative from the start

USA offered their LNG capacity years ago u think we aren't ready to supply? USA has more export capacity than most countries.

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fooboo77 t1_iyecpiu wrote

I have read they moved it till next year.

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Iknowverylittle_ t1_iyefw4u wrote

Everyone seems to live on week to week news these days. They base their entire portfolio decisions on a weekly basis and are hardly thinking beyond the next quarter, let alone years.

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StrandedinaDesert t1_iyeubbn wrote

The international situation is desperate as usual

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OldParfait6919 t1_iyf39c9 wrote

We’re just throwing shit on the fire at this point bro.. our portfolios have been burning for a while.. 🤦🏻‍♂️

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Routine-Doughnut-431 t1_iyf3xci wrote

LNG tankers can’t offload at terminals because the limited capacity and storage surplus. Floating LNG storage tanks….Europe’s good. Turn the heat up.

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hashtagyashtag t1_iyejfu5 wrote

People won’t be affected cold if you keep dialing up the global warming ya silly goose

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Posh420 t1_iyeu71d wrote

Winter is hardly here mate. It's literally just started

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Rich4718 t1_iyfc1fy wrote

Assume the problem is fixed if nobody talks about it. I remember when like I was ten people were going nuts trying to figure out where all the garbage was going to go… all I know is news don’t cover that anymore so I assume they figured out some loophole to destroy garbage for free with no positive or negative effect on this planet.

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