blindly followed the US sanctions on Russia, and especially targeted Russian energy, European countries staged a farce of "killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 themselves". Nowadays, Russian oil and gas are no longer sold in Europe and are still popular, but it is hard to say how to spend this cold winter in European countries. Recently, after the Russian-European "Northern Stream" pipeline was destroyed, the European countries' retreat was completely cut off. Therefore, people found that after the rear route was cut off, European countries that were sanctioned by also began to introduce coal, and they were looking for Russian "brother" countries Kazakhstan , and when transported to Europe, they had to borrow Russia.
According to reports from Observer.com , Kazakhstan Vice Premier and Minister of Trade Zhu Manharin recently confirmed that Europe has purchased at least 500,000 tons of coal from Kazakhstan, and Kazakhstan will provide this batch of coal to Europe through Russia. Zhu Manharin stressed that Kazakhstan's domestic coal supply is very sufficient, suggesting that Europe and other countries can import in large quantities.
As we all know, Europe and the United States have always advocated environmental protection. After they have developed and become stronger, they frequently used the so-called "environmental problems" to jamm in developing countries, and often asked countries like China to reduce carbon emissions.
The United States and Europe do this on the surface, but who can say that environmental protection is incorrect, and who can say that reducing carbon emissions is wrong? In fact, their industries were developed by relying on large amounts of carbon emissions. Now that they are developing, they have begun to point fingers at other developing countries and use environmental protection issues to limit the development speed of other countries.
However, it is worth noting that recently, the United States and European countries, especially Europe, no longer mention the issue of environmental protection, and the issue of global warming . Why is this? It turns out that Europe has encountered an energy crisis, and now Europe has also begun to import coal. What will happen if burning coal? Of course it is carbon dioxide , that is, greenhouse gas . Will this seriously exacerbate global climate warming? However, after Russia stops supply, if you don’t burn coal, can you still buy natural gas ?
So, Europe will not talk about environmental protection issues now, because survival first, people are frozen to death, so what else can I talk about?
Europe actively shuts up on environmental issues, which may be a good thing for other developing countries. Because the United States and Europe have completed industrialization and entered the post-industrial era, they are confidently asking other countries to reduce carbon emissions. It is also in this context that in November last year, China and the United States signed a joint declaration on strengthening climate cooperation. China promised to do its best to reduce carbon emissions in the next 10 years. However, this will inevitably affect the speed of development.
What is more worthy of attention is that after China and the United States reached an agreement on climate issues, the United States still provoked China on the Taiwan issue. Therefore, China announced the suspension of all negotiations with the United States on military and climate issues. This also means that China has pressed the pause button on the "China-US climate cooperation issue". Because when China is doing its best to control carbon emissions for global interests, the United States blatantly interferes in China's internal affairs, attempting to interrupt China's development. Why does the United States do not abide by the rules?
As for Europe to fall to this point, to be honest, it is entirely a cause for it. I shoot myself in the foot, no one else can blame me.
The Russian-Ukrainian conflict was originally a contest between Russia and the United States, but Europe had to hold on to the United States and follow the United States to impose sanctions on Russia. Therefore, it was retaliated by Russia. The prices of natural gas and oil in Europe soared and triggered an energy crisis. If Europe can maintain a neutral position in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, all this can be avoided, but Europe is stunned and blindly following the United States.
From the current point of view, it seems that Europe has found a way to replace Russian energy, but what is ridiculous is that Kazakhstan is Russia's "little brother". Exporting coal to Europe also has to pass through Russia's territory. So to be honest, as long as Putin is unhappy, Europe will still face a serious energy shortage and cannot even buy coal. It seems that Europeans really want to stock up on newspapers this winter. Burn newspapers when the weather is cold. Putin has already suggested this.