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===Energy shortages===

===Energy shortages===

While the [[European Union]]’s decision to buy more liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States may seem to solve short-term supply energy problems on the continent, it also consolidates the EU’s [[fossil fuel]] energy infrastructure. At the same time, it weakens that of renewable energy, creates a leadership vacuum on addressing global [[climate change]], and may well undermine how the EU implements its European Green Deal.

While the [[European Union]]’s decision to buy more liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States may seem to solve short-term supply energy problems on the continent, it also consolidates the EU’s [[fossil fuel]] energy infrastructure. At the same time, it weakens that of renewable energy, creates a leadership vacuum on addressing global [[climate change]], and may well undermine how the EU implements its European Green Deal.

The [[Kyiv]] region and everything east of the Dniepr River was more-or-less out of diesel as of April 2022.  As was the agricultural center and west of the country where Russian forces did not advance.  Russia bombed diesel storage facilities which runs not only military vehicles but tractors as well.  Any new supplies would have to come from where it normally does, that is, Russia or Belarus.  

The [[Kyiv]] region and everything east of the Dniepr River was more-or-less out of diesel as of April 2022.  As was the agricultural center and west of the country where Russian forces did not advance.  Russia bombed diesel storage facilities which runs not only military vehicles but tractors as well.  Any new supplies would have to come from where it normally does, that is, Russia or [[Belarus]].<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2022/05/11/ukraine-us-gas-europes-decarbonization-hit/</ref>

''AFP'' reported on April 21, 2022 that [[Biden regime]] treasury secretary [[Janet Yellen]] told reporters a ban on Russian oil, gas, and coal could ultimately cause more harm than good.<ref>https://www.rfi.fr/en/yellen-warns-european-ban-on-russian-energy-could-harm-economies</ref> This, after the Biden regime implemented such a ban, and threatened [[India]] and other countries with sanctions for not implementing such bans.<ref>https://tfiglobalnews.com/2022/02/27/joe-biden-commits-a-massive-strategic-blunder-by-threatening-india-with-sanctions/</ref>  A European energy ban would raise global oil prices "and, counterintuitively, it could actually have very little negative impact on Russia, because although Russia might export less, its price it gets for its exports would go up."

''AFP'' reported on April 21, 2022 that [[Biden regime]] treasury secretary [[Janet Yellen]] told reporters a ban on Russian oil, gas, and coal could ultimately cause more harm than good.<ref>https://www.rfi.fr/en/yellen-warns-european-ban-on-russian-energy-could-harm-economies</ref> This, after the Biden regime implemented such a ban, and threatened [[India]] and other countries with sanctions for not implementing such bans.<ref>https://tfiglobalnews.com/2022/02/27/joe-biden-commits-a-massive-strategic-blunder-by-threatening-india-with-sanctions/</ref>  A European energy ban would raise global oil prices "and, counterintuitively, it could actually have very little negative impact on Russia, because although Russia might export less, its price it gets for its exports would go up."