R.I.P. Scout26
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I'm right there with you.He did mention the possibility of a kinetic event when the plug dislodges. I do not know if the seismic analysis would show "it looks like an explosion" if this were the root cause, though.
I'm in the who cares camp. Over the past several decades the US repeatedly warned Western Europe, especially Germany, not to get so goddamned cozy with, and dependent on, the Russians for their energy needs. Now they're paying for that. Hard.
Gas prices went back up over $5 here when nordstream got popped. Care now?
As far as this being accidental we now have two or three (NS1 is actually 2 lines but not sure if just NS1-A or NS1-B has sprung a leak or both) separate pipelines leaking in four* different locations after multiple explosions reported in the area.*Not sure how the four leaks are spread out between the three pipelines.
I think it just ruptured. Russian quality. Nothing moving through pipes in quite while. Moisture pools, steel rusts, pipe ruptures. Or aliens, take you pick.bob
Why the hell would Russia cut the hose if they control the faucet?
I just saw on the teevee that NATO is calling it sabotage. They say the explosions were too far apart and too closely timed for it to be coincidence or a cascade failure (I could see the latter on pipes close together within the same manifold system). The teevee didn't say if NATO named a likely culprit.
I’m going to stick with crappy Russian maintenance leading to accidents until credible information comes out to the contrary.
Didn't the Tom Clancy Novel "Red Storm Rising" start with Russian oil infrastructure exploding and slowly escalate into WW3? I feel like between the explosion's and NATO's response to them we are accelerating towards direct conflict.
Which matters more: what actually happened, or the narratives that are pushed upon the public consciousness? Which will world leaders act on?
Fair point. Regardless though this will only reinforce my assumption of governcritters being consistent liars.