answers: How have European gas supply chains changed?
James Melville wrote that Germany will probably have to buy more natural gas from the United States at five times the price because Nord Stream has been damaged.
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Germany predicted higher US gas purchases by Germany due to Nord Stream damage Russia
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How have European gas supply chains changed?
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What bears on it
- supports Several Twitter users shared an ABC News video of President Joe Biden from February 7, 2022, discussing Nord Stream 2 and appeared to link his…
- supports The planting of explosives on the pipelines caused the major leaks into the Baltic Sea.
- challenges Could the outcome have arisen from another cause?
- challenges Did the outcome actually follow the event in time?
- supports Hersh alleged that U.S. Navy divers, operating under the cover of a NATO exercise (BALTOPS 22) in June 2022, planted explosives on the pipelines…
- contradicts A commando unit of Ukrainians and/or Russian dissidents rented a small yacht named Andromeda from a Polish company, sailed to the blast site, and…
- challenges Mainstream analysts noted Hersh relied on a single, anonymous source.
- supports Russia has accused the United States of helping Ukraine target its assets.
- challenges The White House categorically denied Hersh’s claims, calling them "complete fiction".
- challenges Is the causal generalisation itself well supported?
- supports Tucker Carlson suggested that President Joe Biden could be responsible for the damage to the Russian-owned pipelines, which were not operational when…
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- James Melville wrote that Germany will probably have to buy more natural gas from the United States at five times the price because Nord Stream has been…
"Now that Nord Stream has been damaged, Germany will probably have to buy more natural gas from the US at 5x the price," wrote commentator James Melville.
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Origin: extracted from Video of Biden Saying He’d ‘End’ Nord Stream Resurfaces After Pipeline Leak · 2026-07-20 06:18