Gas from Russia

8 important questions on Gas from Russia

In Hungary it is very cold because people can't put on the heating, In slovakia and Hungary car ffactories have to close beacuse they have no energy supply, why?

There's no gas coming in from Russia

Who are the biggest users of gas from Russia??

The  countrie sof eastern and Northwest Europe are the biggest users.

Why were the often problems with the transit of gas in the past?

Most of the gas flows to Europe hrough Ukraine. When there were disputes between Ukraine and Russia, Russia shut off the gass supply, which meant that large parts of Europe received n gas from Russia.
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So why were the countries in Eastern Europe cold?

Countries that were completely dependent on Russia for their s supply had no heating These were mainly countries in Eastern Europe.

What did western European countries do because they didn't want to be dependent on gas disputes?

Russia, Germany, the Netherlands and Brittain are building a very expensive off-shore pipeline. The pipeline is called the Nrd Stream.

What are the disadvantages of the pipeline?

- western europe will be too dependent on Russia
- Poland afraid that Russia will become too power full
- gas no longer transported to Western Europe through poland. West european countries willno longer be affected if Russia shuts of the gas supply to Polan
- Poland earns  lo of money from gas transit
- Sweden and Finaldn concerned about the environment: Baltic Sea is much too fragile for such a pipeline.

How can you reduce dependency on Russian gas?

- by making more use of sustainable energy sources or nuclear energy
- to choose other gas suppliers. There are plans for a pipeline from Central Asia
- greater cooperation.  
- to let Russian companies help with, an earn revenue from, selling gas in Western Europe. In tht way, Russian companies will also be depenent on Europe

How would greater cooperation work?

No countries go their own way. It would be better if there was only oneorganizaiton representiing the whole of the European Union.

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