I am just sickened that WE, the taxpayers of these countries, may have (probably did) pay to have this horrible crime done. The pipeline shutdown will have HUGE and long-lasting implications. BASF, for example -- maybe the largest producer of industrial chemicals, used in everything from medicines to fertilizer -- may have to shut down their huge multi-plant production facility -- which has never been done before, and the company does not know if it can be RESTARTED (especially considering supply chain issues) without lengthy and expensive repairs:
Should the German state be forced to ration gas for industrial use this winter, BASF says it can reduce its consumption to a degree, by throttling individual plants or swapping gas for fuel oil at some production stages. It has already lowered its on-site production of ammonia, instead shipping in the chemical from abroad.
However, because the 125 production plants at Ludwigshafen are an interconnected value chain, there is a point where a drop of gas supplies would lead to a site-wide shutdown.
“Once we can receive significantly and permanently less than 50% of our maximum requirements, we would need to wind down the entire site,” says Daniela Rechenberger, a company spokesperson. “That is something that has never happened in BASF’s history, and something no one here would want to see happening. But we would have little choice.”
With German gas storage 87% full, there is increasing optimism that rationing can be averted this winter. But even then high gas prices could force companies such as BASF to halt production. With large parts of the verbund site having run around the clock since the 1960s, BASF says it is unclear if production could simply be restarted afterwards or if the drop of pressure would cause some machinery to break.
BASF-produced chemicals are used to make anything from toothpaste to vitamins, from building insulation to nappies. It is one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of ibuprofen for painkillers, and its single largest customer industry is the automobile industry, meaning sputtering pipelines in Ludwigshafen would directly affect carmaking regions such as Emilia-Romagna, Catalunya or Hauts-de-France.
One of the few remaining end products still produced at Ludwigshafen is AdBlue, a liquid used to reduce air pollution from diesel engines. It is a legal requirement for heavy goods vehicles, so a shortage could bring lorries to a standstill across Europe. [And not only in Europe; at the very least, shuttering such a large part of the industrial chemical market would jack prices up globally and impact most major industry supply chains]
Your response only underscores my suspicion that there is an undeclared war against the German people. Who benefits from this? This is always the question that needs to be asked. Russia is not benefiting. There's simply no motive there. So, let's look at the governments that have been opposed to Nord Stream. There are several governments in Europe, but we need to look at those that really benefit from Germany impending collapse.
The German company Siemens had build and has the maintenance contract on Nord Stream, but with the sanctions the German government prohibits Siemens from repairing them. So, the German government has shown an obvious motive for shutting down NP imports from Russia.
Poland has reacted angrily to President Joe Biden’s decision to waive US sanctions on Nord Stream II, warning the move could threaten energy security across Central and Eastern Europe.
“The information is definitely not positive from the security point of view, as we know perfectly that Nord Stream II is not only a business project – it is mostly a geopolitical project,” said Piotr Muller, a spokesman for the Polish government.
Poland has shown us clear motivation for destroying Germany's industry. It appears the German government had no issue with Poland's act of shutting down LP imports to Germany though.
The UK also has always been suspicious of a rising Germany that would compete with their financial hegemony (City of London). With the UK economy now crashing, it's plausible that misery demands company. That misery would be Germany. The UK, with its City of London financial capital, they are the head of the snake involving the very war plans for Ukraine/Russia crafted long ago. History teaches us that Germany has always been hated by the Rothschilds in London as much as Russia has been.
The United States is somewhat of a similar scenario as the UK in terms of the economy. The Biden administration is openly telling Americans we need to live on less. These democrats here believe in universal suffering for everyone else unless part of the political class. Joe Biden himself said Nord Stream will end if Russia moves into Ukraine with tanks and armed men. Biden is really taking his orders from the WEF and Klaus Schwabb. Biden does what the uni-polar financial order tells him to do.
Ukraine is busy fighting the Russians and begging for armaments. There is a motive, but its one that's outside of their theater. And the benefits for them is not foreseeable in the near term.
Germany is at war with its government and the West is at war with the German people and in my humble opinion wanting to extinguish the German people from the planet.
I am just sickened that WE, the taxpayers of these countries, may have (probably did) pay to have this horrible crime done. The pipeline shutdown will have HUGE and long-lasting implications. BASF, for example -- maybe the largest producer of industrial chemicals, used in everything from medicines to fertilizer -- may have to shut down their huge multi-plant production facility -- which has never been done before, and the company does not know if it can be RESTARTED (especially considering supply chain issues) without lengthy and expensive repairs:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/15/gas-rationing-germany-basf-plant-europe-crisis
Should the German state be forced to ration gas for industrial use this winter, BASF says it can reduce its consumption to a degree, by throttling individual plants or swapping gas for fuel oil at some production stages. It has already lowered its on-site production of ammonia, instead shipping in the chemical from abroad.
However, because the 125 production plants at Ludwigshafen are an interconnected value chain, there is a point where a drop of gas supplies would lead to a site-wide shutdown.
“Once we can receive significantly and permanently less than 50% of our maximum requirements, we would need to wind down the entire site,” says Daniela Rechenberger, a company spokesperson. “That is something that has never happened in BASF’s history, and something no one here would want to see happening. But we would have little choice.”
With German gas storage 87% full, there is increasing optimism that rationing can be averted this winter. But even then high gas prices could force companies such as BASF to halt production. With large parts of the verbund site having run around the clock since the 1960s, BASF says it is unclear if production could simply be restarted afterwards or if the drop of pressure would cause some machinery to break.
BASF-produced chemicals are used to make anything from toothpaste to vitamins, from building insulation to nappies. It is one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of ibuprofen for painkillers, and its single largest customer industry is the automobile industry, meaning sputtering pipelines in Ludwigshafen would directly affect carmaking regions such as Emilia-Romagna, Catalunya or Hauts-de-France.
One of the few remaining end products still produced at Ludwigshafen is AdBlue, a liquid used to reduce air pollution from diesel engines. It is a legal requirement for heavy goods vehicles, so a shortage could bring lorries to a standstill across Europe. [And not only in Europe; at the very least, shuttering such a large part of the industrial chemical market would jack prices up globally and impact most major industry supply chains]
Your response only underscores my suspicion that there is an undeclared war against the German people. Who benefits from this? This is always the question that needs to be asked. Russia is not benefiting. There's simply no motive there. So, let's look at the governments that have been opposed to Nord Stream. There are several governments in Europe, but we need to look at those that really benefit from Germany impending collapse.
The German company Siemens had build and has the maintenance contract on Nord Stream, but with the sanctions the German government prohibits Siemens from repairing them. So, the German government has shown an obvious motive for shutting down NP imports from Russia.
There is Poland, who shut off the over-the-land Yamal pipeline from Belarus/Russia to Germany way before the sabotage. This was even before Ukraine shut down the flow of NP to Germany. Why would Poland do this? IMHO, Poland has lingering anger issues against Germany from WWII. From this article here, it provides a glimpse to Poland's harshness toward Germany.. Followed by this from May 2021:
Poland has reacted angrily to President Joe Biden’s decision to waive US sanctions on Nord Stream II, warning the move could threaten energy security across Central and Eastern Europe.
“The information is definitely not positive from the security point of view, as we know perfectly that Nord Stream II is not only a business project – it is mostly a geopolitical project,” said Piotr Muller, a spokesman for the Polish government.
Poland has shown us clear motivation for destroying Germany's industry. It appears the German government had no issue with Poland's act of shutting down LP imports to Germany though.
The UK also has always been suspicious of a rising Germany that would compete with their financial hegemony (City of London). With the UK economy now crashing, it's plausible that misery demands company. That misery would be Germany. The UK, with its City of London financial capital, they are the head of the snake involving the very war plans for Ukraine/Russia crafted long ago. History teaches us that Germany has always been hated by the Rothschilds in London as much as Russia has been.
The United States is somewhat of a similar scenario as the UK in terms of the economy. The Biden administration is openly telling Americans we need to live on less. These democrats here believe in universal suffering for everyone else unless part of the political class. Joe Biden himself said Nord Stream will end if Russia moves into Ukraine with tanks and armed men. Biden is really taking his orders from the WEF and Klaus Schwabb. Biden does what the uni-polar financial order tells him to do.
Ukraine is busy fighting the Russians and begging for armaments. There is a motive, but its one that's outside of their theater. And the benefits for them is not foreseeable in the near term.
Germany is at war with its government and the West is at war with the German people and in my humble opinion wanting to extinguish the German people from the planet.