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minus-squareUnkTheUnk@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 years agoI’m surprised this wasn’t done earlier
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down3·3 years agoSeems like Europe isn’t into the whole planning for the future thing. Both China and US have emergency stockpiles.
minus-squarenivenkoslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 years agoThey were deliberately pushing market liberalisation and cutting natural gas stockpiles before - https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/the-evolving-role-of-gas-storage-in-europe/ And in that 2019 article it’s hailed as a triumph of market liberalism…
minus-squareUnkTheUnk@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·3 years agoIsn’t that unrelated? the article is talking about famine in places that couldn’t afford the increased prices.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down4·3 years agoA lot of those places are going to be in Europe.
minus-squarepingvenolinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·3 years agoThe EU doesn’t import a lot of grain, from the figures I could find. They’re largely self-sufficient.
minus-squareUnkTheUnk@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 years agoThere’s going to be shortages for certain, but starvation? not in Europe
I’m surprised this wasn’t done earlier
Seems like Europe isn’t into the whole planning for the future thing. Both China and US have emergency stockpiles.
They were deliberately pushing market liberalisation and cutting natural gas stockpiles before - https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/the-evolving-role-of-gas-storage-in-europe/
And in that 2019 article it’s hailed as a triumph of market liberalism…
genius
Isn’t that unrelated? the article is talking about famine in places that couldn’t afford the increased prices.
A lot of those places are going to be in Europe.
The EU doesn’t import a lot of grain, from the figures I could find. They’re largely self-sufficient.
There’s going to be shortages for certain, but starvation? not in Europe