Quote from: Majestic-milf on August 05, 2022, 10:47:38 PM

With all the ruckus surrounding America right now; their part in the Taiwan issue and also their less than secret partnership with the Ukrainians, I think it's safe to say that Biden has a lot on his plate. But how about we add more??
We've had the issue of the Russians retaliating against all the sanctions imposed on them by threatening- if I can be allowed to use that word- to cut off supply of crude to the EU and the body deciding to reduce it's use and dependence on their oil. This sounds achievable, right? Fine..
Over the years, the US have been known to have amassed a lot of crude oil and gas to last generations! US oil purchase history

And Russia has earned almost a $100bn just from sales to the EU. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it's from such means they are being able to foster the war, so if the US can block this means and become the only supplier to the EU, it could cause a big deal between the US and Russia. But the question there will be; can they risk it?

Unless we figure out a way to get a pipeline from America to Europe, which seems like a rather impossible undertaking to do safely, then it will never be able to replace the sheer convenience of Russian oil. It means that any oil or gas that is coming from America has to be shipped via boat and it can only hold a fraction of the capacity. It seems like taking oil and gas from Africa via pipelines, or even trying to figure out a pipeline through to producers in the middle east would be the next best option. For now it seems like Europe has to settle on a lot more shipping and it seems best to try to convert everything over to renewable energy as quick as possible.