Europe

3903 readers

1 users here now

Europa

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

Now that the Nordstream pipelines are gone it's worth thinking about how a deindustrialisation of Europe via permantly high energy prices. (threadreaderapp.com)

submitted 2 years ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/europe@lemmy.ml

22 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] nour@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sorry for being out of the loop, how badly damaged are the pipelines?

According to Telesur, Danish energy minister claims that "the leaks are not expected to cause supply security issues in the short term". But certainly it will cause in the long-term? Is there somewhere I can read about this? I'm not an engineer, I don't know how the pipeline worked.

[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Al Jazeer says the opposite:

Potential impact?

The extent of the damage means the Nord Stream pipelines are unlikely to be able to carry any gas to Europe this winter even if there was political will to bring them online, analysts at the Eurasia Group said.

“Depending on the scale of the damage, the leaks could even mean a permanent closure of both lines,” analysts Henning Gloystein and Jason Bush wrote.

If you look at the surface picture of the leaks they do look substantial. The repair work is also going to be cost prohibitive, meaning that under current circumstances the chances of repair work being done are not high.

[–] nour@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Damn. Looks like we're really screwed this winter, then.

[–] kitkat_new@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

How will the leaks cause supply security issues if the pipeline isn't used for supply anyways?