Beixi No. 2 pipeline project is a tragic future.
In March this year, the Polish Navy directly dispatched the warship to interfere and collide with Russian engineering ships operating on the Baltic Sea. Later, the Russian side also called on the warship to support Polish and then gave up.
bathtub navy bullies the engineering ship
Ukrainian president. Comedian Zelensky has also spoken out many times, criticizing the project and asking it to suspend construction.
comedians are also an international anecdote.
Since the United States has no need to say that as early as the end of March this year, US Secretary of State Blinken said in an interview with the news media that Washington opposes the Nord Stream II project and claims that the project has a great impact on European energy self-sufficiency. What exactly is Beixi No. 2 and why does it affect the game between so many countries?
Nord Stream 2 is a double line of the original Nord Stream 1 pipeline between Russia and Germany. It starts from the Baltic coast of Russia and reaches Germany through the seabed. It is the main energy transport artery between Russia and Germany and even Russia and Europe. It is of great significance to both sides. has now been officially completed on September 10!
This subsea gas pipeline is very beneficial to Russia: there were originally six land gas pipelines between Russia and Europe, but the land gas pipeline inevitably had to pass through Belarus , Ukraine, Poland, Czech and other countries. Among these countries, except for Belarus and Russia, the relations between them are not bad, there are many variables in other countries. Not to mention the high fees they have to charge on weekdays, if any accident occurs, these countries may affect Russia's gas pipeline at any time, which is of course unacceptable to Russia.
Ukraine is not friendly to Russia
So, in 2011, Russia built Nord Stream No. 1, a submarine gas pipeline that spans the Baltic Sea, and began to supply gas directly to Germany and Western Europe across the middle countries.
Nowadays, Europe and Germany have increasingly demanded Russia's cheap energy (40% cheaper than imported from the United States) One Nord Stream is obviously not enough, so there is the newly built Nord Stream No. 2. After the completion of
Nord Stream 2, it will not only bring huge economic benefits to Russia and become an important support for the Russian economy, but also increase the dependence of Western European countries on Russian energy and seek space for its diplomatic activities under the suppression of the United States. The
pipeline is a great thing for Russia (of course, the same is true for Germany, as will be discussed later) but it is not good news for Ukraine, Poland and the United States.
Direct losses come from economic interests. According to Ukrainian pipeline transport operators, after the completion of Nord Stream 2, Ukraine alone will lose up to US$700 million in oil and gas transit revenue every year. The United States is now also a major energy exporter. Now that you, Western Europe, purchase of Russian energy from Russia, will inevitably lead to a weakening of energy imports to the United States.
And Poland's opposition to this project is not just an economic reason, Warsaw still remembers the last time Moscow and Berlin held hands with each other.
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Despite so much opposition, this pipeline was completed as scheduled. The role Germany plays in it is self-evident, because this pipeline is now much more important than the relationship between Germany and Eastern European partners, even Germany-US relations.
I don’t know if you know that Germany is the only country in the world that announced that it would give up He energy and coal power generation. It is estimated that there will be no next one in the next hundred years.
Let’s first talk about H energy. The use of H energy in Germany is very mature. As early as 1969, Germany started the civil use of H. Until 2011, one-third of the power supply in Germany was supplied by its seventeen H power stations in China.
But the incident in 2011 made the whole world seriously doubt the reliability of H, and the same is true in Germany. Therefore, the Merkel could not withstand the pressure and announced that it would close eight of the 17 German power plants and and would close all power plants by 2022.
. What's worse is that as a signatory to Kyoto Protocol , Germany has made a long time ago its commitment to abandon most of traditional coal power generation by 2038, and will reduce Germany's carbon emissions by 90% at that time compared to 1990.
Germany has a long history of coal power generation. The picture shows the Ruhr Industrial Zone of Germany
. Due to the lack of innate conditions in Germany, the development of new energy in Germany is very slow. First of all, Germany is located in the Bode Plain . The country is flat and the water energy resources are almost zero. In addition, since the country has a marine climate, it is mainly rainy and rainy weather all year round, and there is no way to talk about the development of solar energy.
The remaining possible development is wind power, but as we all know, wind power is very unstable and basically relies on the weather to make a living. It is undoubtedly very difficult to support the development of Germany, an economic power.
Therefore, Nord Stream 2 is the icing on the cake for Russia, and it is really a timely help for Germany!
Now that the project has been officially completed, it is expected that gas transmission will begin by the end of this year. Germany has reduced energy pressure and Russia has eased economic pressure. The cooperation between the two countries has been further deepened, which is of course what the United States does not want to see.
These two people will not use US dollars in cooperation compared to
. However, the United States has just offended France and is going to offend Germany again. The transatlantic system is already full of problems, and the subsequent drama will definitely become more and more exciting.
