32% of their gas power comes from Russian gas. Covids economic shock would be nothing by comparison. French nukes running 24/7 could not make up the shortfall, there would be more than a small% contraction in the economy. Probably, technically a recession would follow. Aside from electricity manufacturing is a direct consumer, gas is feedstock for fertiliser, powers kilns and bakeries and heaps of industry directly.
They could. Some argue they should. But they won't. I'm thousands of km away, I wish they would but I don't have to suffer the consequences in terms of unemployment, economic damage, and loss of life and livelihood.
They could. Some argue they should. But they won't. I'm thousands of km away, I wish they would but I don't have to suffer the consequences in terms of unemployment, economic damage, and loss of life and livelihood.