All they had to do was nothing. Do not invade Ukraine. Keep everything as it is. Make enormous profits. Do not kill hundred thousands of people.
Even now, that’s still an option. Get the fuck out of Ukraine, pay reparations, send the people who authorized or committed war crimes to trial, return all the children you stole, rejoin the modern world. And profit…
Thoughts and prayers lol
Interesting. The problems on the European side make sense but do they really have issues with China getting more gas from them? China should be in great need of gas for industrial power and precursor, but I’ve no idea how that compares to the current supply. Maybe they don’t need any more than what they’re getting. One thing’s for sure though, China knows Gulf fossil fuel supply is gonna disappear overnight in an event of a serious conflict with the US, so they have to rely on Russia.
This is russias gas infrastructure. It is built to serve Europe and not China.
Given enough time and no sanctions they might be able to built additional pipelines to China, but currently the “Power of Siberia 2” seems to be on ice at least until 2028. And China is also currently rolling out renewables on a big scale as Xi is smart enough to not get too dependent on Putin or an unstable Russia after Putin
Oof. Yeah. Looking at some capacities, while PoS1 is large, it’s not nearly as large as the total capacity of pipelines going to Europe at their peak. And yeah I’m aware of the renewable push, it’s why I’m mostly considering gas for industrial use such as steel, fertilizer, and other chemical production. At this point I think Xi and the CCP are smarter than Merkel and the CDU. :D
The Chinese will build their own pipeline after they retake Siberia.
