Is Russia doing enough to secure energy supplies to Europe?
Vijay 5 August, 2008, 10:13
Someone comments -
Compared to US, Japan, Australia and other European states, we use our power like it was 19th century. There is no balance of power, there is just Russia, Iran, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Belarus, Venezuela and less and less China, which oppose the ever larger free world. Nice allies.!!
Is this guy for real?
Or is it a fake Russian?
Or is this the 'other' Russia?
What he means is that all that Russia holds dear should be surrendered for the sake of a few countries' approval?
Whose?Why? Are these countries 'THAT IMPORTANT".?
Why.?
Because they have inflated budgets, based on Trillion dollar budget financing?
Because of their massive natural resorces, which are basically 'non-existent'!!
Mr. Mikhail, see the world, not its mirror image.
See the future and anticipate it, not fear and abhor it.!
It's only a question of time before the west departs from high oil based economy. Once the west departs, from oil they'll also begin to depart form natural gas. The weakness of European countries to to take long term approach to solving their dependency on gas supply from other countries will continue to politically and economically hirt them for years to come. France has taken a step with nuclear power station. The UK should be next!
After the exposure of Bush's activities in Georgia by giving the Georgians licence to slaughter innocent people and Peace Keepers (mandated by the UN, by the way), Russia needs to show Bush's cattle who is supplying who with gas and oil.
Russia must demand payment in advance - no payment, no gas/oil.
Russia needs to limit supplies to all of Europe but especially the old Soviet countries broken away from Russia. In particular Georgia.
The key thing that Russia should do is to reduce its own dependence on oil and gas. Fossil Fuels are finite and the peak production of oil has probably already been reached with gas to follow in a few years.
As internal comsumption is increasing and production is declining there will be less and less for export.
Russia should increase fuel costs over say 4 years to European levels to improve efficiency. The last thing it needs is to try and emulate the failed US with lots of inefficient SUVs driving huge miles.
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