Russia has indefinitely suspended the operations of the Nordstream pipeline. Europe is now cut off.
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) September 4, 2022
In 2030, You’ll Eat Nothing And Be Happy About It
Sweden's largest tomato grower is being forced to shut down because they cannot afford the electricity prices.
500 tons of tomatoes gone.
Are you regretting listening to the climate change fanatics yet?
— PeterSweden (@PeterSweden7) September 4, 2022
The Anti-Human Ideology
Neil Oliver writes about the Green Movement.
Schadenfrozen
Soaring energy costs are fueling inflation, undermining the euro currency, and disrupting factories as Russia squeezes supplies to the continent amid its six-month war on Ukraine. With Europe already heading toward recession, failure to contain the crisis threatens to spur social unrest and political upheaval if the supply crunch prompts blackouts and cold homes this winter.
The continent relies heavily on liquefied natural gas imports to fill the gap left by Russia, but competition for the fuel with Asia has intensified after a relative lull earlier this summer. Asian prices are also surging as utilities there rush to secure supplies ahead of the cold season.
European Union energy ministers may hold an emergency meeting to discuss price spikes as leaders strike a more urgent tone. Member states have already earmarked almost $280 billion to ease the price burden but that is unlikely to be enough, while more than half of UK households risk being pushed into energy poverty with bills likely to rise by roughly 80% from October. […]
The rally is being accelerated by Electricite de France SA’s announcement that more of its reactors will take longer to come back online after halts. Coupled with tighter hydropower supplies, that means higher demand for gas in power generation.
SchadenFrozen
Behave yourselves in the comment section I’ll be checking in now and then to make sure things don’t get out of hand. Vigorous debate is fine, but let’s keep the insults and dehumanizing stuff down to a dull roar.
Global- Russia’s Gazprom extends Nord Stream 1 shutdown, citing faulty turbine
It said the turbine could not operate safely until the leak was repaired, and gave no timeframe for the resumption of gas supplies via the pipeline, which had been due to return to operation early on Saturday after a three-day maintenance break.
Addendum, from Kate: Francisco has my full backing. I’ve considered closing comments here recently due to the repeated abuse of this platform by a handful of people who use it as their private pissing match game board. Remember that everyone who posts and curates this blog is a VOLUNTEER. We all have real lives and real livelihoods to pursue. Don’t be a net drag on this blog. If you haven’t anything relevant and on topic to add, then keep your fingers off the keyboard.
The Babylon Bee May Be Running Out of Preposterous Story Lines
Direct from the Not–So-Golden State is this headline:
California Urges Avoiding Charging Electric Cars to Ward Off Blackouts in Heatwave Because State Loses Solar Power When the Sun Goes Down
Just days after passing a law banning new sales of gasoline powered cars by 2035, California is urging residents to avoid charging their electric vehicles during peak hours in the coming week to help ward off blackouts during an expected heatwave.
“During a Flex Alert, consumers are urged to reduce energy use from 4-9 p.m. when the system is most stressed because demand for electricity remains high and there is less solar energy available. The top three conservation actions are to set thermostats to 78 degrees or higher, avoid using large appliances and charging electric vehicles, and turn off unnecessary lights.“
SchadenFrozen
Not a Square to Spare
A sticky situation.
YLE News- Finnish firm warns of toilet paper shortage as energy costs wipe out production
Metsä Tissue has previously announced temporary production stoppages at its plants in Germany and Slovakia earlier this year, and the situation has deteriorated further since then.
The company sells its products under various brands — including Lambi and Serla — and has a total of nine paper mills in Europe.
Energy Crisis? There Is No Energy Crisis
Reuters- EU to urge big polluters to toughen climate pledges by COP27 summit -draft
The 27-country EU’s climate target is to cut its net emissions 55% by 2030, compared with 1990 levels.
You Will Eat Your Worms And Like It
As our Dear Leader ushers us in to his new vision of Canada, we must expect changes in our eating habits while freezing in the dark. Choose bugs or worms.
Schadenpoopin
Focus- Paper industry warns of bottlenecks in toilet paper
In view of the impending gas shortage, the German paper industry is warning of supply bottlenecks for toilet paper. A lot of gas is required for the product, says Vice President Martin Krengel.
Merkur- War in Ukraine: paper industry warns – toilet paper and kitchen rolls could become scarce in Germany
When More People Move To The Desert
Y2Kyoto: Don’t Get Blown Away
1. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in its latest report, concluded that there remains “no consensus” on the relative role of human influences on Atlantic hurricane activity.
Here is what the IPCC says exactly:
“[T]here is still no consensus on the relative magnitude of human and natural influences on past changes in Atlantic hurricane activity, and particularly on which factor has dominated the observed increase (Ting et al., 2015) and it remains uncertain whether past changes in Atlantic TC activity are outside the range of natural variability.”
Schadenfrozen
@JavierBlas – Day-ahead electricity prices in Europe are eye-watering, with lots of countries setting record highs for today. Notable to see the Nordics close to €400 per MWh, and Germany at €600. Before 2020, anything above €75-100 was considered expensive
As the Finnish Prime Minister parties into the night: Fingrid has published its first estimate of the adequacy of electricity for the coming winter. The war in Europe and the exceptional situation on the energy market have increased uncertainties related to the availability of electricity. As a result of the great uncertainties, Finns should be prepared for power outages caused by possible electricity shortages this coming winter.
Bloomberg: European Power Prices Surge to Records Yet Again on Wind Dearth
The Euro slowly dying…
Can’t You Smell That Smell?
The smell of greens around you.
Der Spiegel- Even the washcloth is a useful invention
In times of gas shortages and rising prices, Baden-Württemberg’s Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann sees himself on the right track as an energy saver. “I have an electric car, I have a huge photovoltaic system on the roof,” said the Green politician of the “Südwest Presse”.
Kretschmann’s tip: »We usually only heat one room. It’s also healthier if you don’t have the same temperature everywhere in the house.« In addition, you don’t have to shower all the time. “The washcloth is also a useful invention,” advised Kretschmann.
You’ll probably need to use google translate or something similar to read the whole thing.
Your Sunday Steyn
SchadenFrozen
They are cannon fodder in the sanctions war. Sun: Why we can’t ship natural gas to Germany
Related (from Kate): The decision to terminate primary aluminium production at Slovalco comes in response to adverse framework conditions and high electricity prices, which show no signs of improvement in the short term.
Drill Baby, Drill
New York Times- Mexico Sees Its Energy Future in Fossil Fuels, Not Renewables
Ignore The Rain Please
The Lotus Eaters- State-Induced Droughts
https://twitter.com/bexbeach/status/1559905477571526658
Go Varm Up In Der Volkswagen
Germany is facing a complete collapse of its power grid this winter due to the soaring demand for electric heaters amid growing fears gas supplies could be cut off.
Germans are now panic buying electric heaters after firewood supplies and stoves sold out, a desperate backup option to survive the plummeting winter temperatures.
But according to the boss of the Stadtwerke Wiesbaden Netz utility company, Peter Lautz, the sheer amount of citizens using electric heaters would put enormous strain on the country’s electricity grid.
Electric heaters use between 1,000 and 3,000 watts of energy, so when all are plugged in simultaneously, it could cause a massive overload and cause the grid to collapse.
“If everyone switched on a fan heater at home, it would mean that we would have to almost double the existing network structure on every street,” said Lautz.
Germans have bought 600,000 electric heaters already in 2022, which is a 35 percent increase from usual numbers, and that figure is likely to rise as temperatures drop.