Russia - threadbanned users in OP

When he was interviewed by Piers Morgan, Jordan Peterson said, 4 and a half minutes into the following video that we can't win against Putin because we can't say no to Putin and that the reason for that is that we sold our soul to him for his oil and gas so that we could elevate our moral stature on climate change.

But carbon emissions come from the use of oil and gas, regardless of the origin of the oil and gas. So why would Western politicians have thought that burning Russian oil and gas wouldn't be as bad for the environment as burning oil and gas from the West itself?

These videos are truly astounding. On a satirical sketch show they'd be vetoed for being too over the top, the way one day it's all bluster threatening the world with nuclear bombs, the next day calling for their own military personnel to be shot for conscripting disabled 60 year old men and basically openly admitting that the whole country is deeply dysfunctional.

The one thing they never seem to do is stop, turn to each other and say: maybe our country is on the wrong path and we need to have a serious look at our leadership....

When did the Russians turn the nordstream back on? I thought that they had switched it off?

But now gas is leaking in the sea from both pipes.

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So Dmitry says, you're bluffing we're not bluffing...

What world is this jackass living in.

Agree, they were very much in "Dear Leader" territory in the last clip. Is that a quirk of the translation? Sometimes an innocuous term in a native language has no direct equivalent in another and when translated ends up sounding weird. Or are they one step away from going full Lord Voldemort.

The move away from nuclear was largely due to fear of nuclear accidents, which is why it was sped up after Fukushima. At no point did any German government says let's buy fossil fuels from Russia because they're good for the environment.

But the fact you use the phrase "climate panic" suggests you're another one of these white middle aged men who thinks the whole thing is a hoax, so I'd expect you to support people like Peterson.

With NS1 down (and NS2 having never opened) where is whatever Russian gas is actually currently coming towards Europe coming via, the Yamal-Europe pipeline, the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod pipeline?

This is only partly true I think, in that Germany and Europe in general is a lot more stable in terms of geology & earthquakes than parts of the world like Japan. So the risk of nuclear accidents was amplified by those opposed to nuclear for other reasons and who have a Green Tech agenda to push. Our Greens and anti nuclear movement have responsibility too. Green Tech is big business now, never forget that - there's a lot of money to be made developing & installing renewables. And when big business is involved, there's not much difference between the ethics of the oil &gas industries and the ethics of Green Tech. All down to the bottom line and dividends to shareholders - whatever goes.

Seems Putin set to make the annexation of the Ukrainian territories "official" on Friday. Then we'll find out just want that means in terms of nuclear threats and attacks on "Russian" territory. It's the put up or shut up moment

Mikhail Khodorkovsky-

"Russia is most likely the first and only country in the world where people flee not because someone invaded their country, but because they invaded another country."

Well, everybody hogs the 'save the planet' routine but the reality of gas deals is that it is profitable for business people. They'd have done it one way or the other.