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2021-09-26 Europe
US vows to back European countries as blame for soaring energy prices shifts to Russia
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The US energy secretary Jennifer Granholm vowed that America would ‘stand up’ to market players

  • This comes as blame for the crisis shifted to supply restrictions from Russia’s Gazprom

  • Russia is the biggest supplier of gas to Europe, accounting for 40% of imports
Posted by Skidmark 2021-09-26 09:02|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ]  Top

#1 Biden waiving sanctions on Russian pipeline because ‘it’s almost completely finished’
Posted by Skidmark 2021-09-26 09:07||   2021-09-26 09:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Cue the gif with Hunter Biden and "Guess who didn't get their pipeline cancelled..."
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2021-09-26 10:15||   2021-09-26 10:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Blame the rooskies.
Hillary's a sh!tty candidate? Blame the rooskies.
Trump defeats Hillary? Blame the rooskies.
Oil price up? Blame the rooskies.
Another FBI fu-kup? Blame the rooskies.
Another middle eastern clusterf-ck? Blame the rooskies.
Gas prices soar because of your idiotic climate/energy policies? Blame the rooskies.
Posted by Faux Drapeau 2021-09-26 10:45||   2021-09-26 10:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Vlad says "Blame me all you want. Just be sure and make your payments."
Posted by ed in texas 2021-09-26 10:52||   2021-09-26 10:52|| Front Page Top

#5 They made their bed. Let them lie in it. No help. They can twist in the wind.
Posted by Blinky Pholuling8616 2021-09-26 11:14||   2021-09-26 11:14|| Front Page Top

#6 several countries in Europe have electricity costing over 30 cents per KWH and almost all are over 20 cents per KWH

USA average is about 14 cents per KWH although in some States, e.g. Hawaii about 30 cents, California about 25 cents, it is much higher
Posted by Lord Garth 2021-09-26 11:23||   2021-09-26 11:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Funny how all that free green energy ends up increasing the cost of electricity. Must take a lot of irony as well as rare earths to make a wind turbine.
Posted by SteveS 2021-09-26 14:17||   2021-09-26 14:17|| Front Page Top

#8 Between the trade winds and the geothermal resources, Hawaii should be set if they weren't corrupt.
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2021-09-26 14:39||   2021-09-26 14:39|| Front Page Top

#9 #7 - and without a windbag like Biden to drive it, it's just a totem pole to stupidity
Posted by Frank G 2021-09-26 14:53||   2021-09-26 14:53|| Front Page Top

#10 So, we could A) Drill, baby drill and beat down the price of gas and oil or B) Print more money and give it to eurines who hate us anyway.

I bet I know which one Bidet will choose.
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-09-26 14:59||   2021-09-26 14:59|| Front Page Top

#11 Did the Russians stop paying off American lefties?
Posted by Rob Crawford 2021-09-26 15:33||   2021-09-26 15:33|| Front Page Top

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