I'm surprised this wasn't done earlier
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Seems like Europe isn't into the whole planning for the future thing. Both China and US have emergency stockpiles.
They were deliberately pushing market liberalisation and cutting natural gas stockpiles before - https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/the-evolving-role-of-gas-storage-in-europe/
And in that 2019 article it's hailed as a triumph of market liberalism....
genius
Isn't that unrelated? the article is talking about famine in places that couldn't afford the increased prices.
A lot of those places are going to be in Europe.
There's going to be shortages for certain, but starvation? not in Europe
The EU doesn't import a lot of grain, from the figures I could find. They're largely self-sufficient.
Europe be like "No wait, you are supposed to starve, not us! We've just realized that the consequences of economic sanctions are terrible all of a sudden!!"
No, this isn't about Europe starving. The biggest effect it would have on Europe would be increased immigration pressures in other countries if those countries started starving.
What's great about your reply is the irony of it and how it illustrates exactly what I'm talking about.
Yes, people go hungry in Europe too. It's not just a brown people thing