MOSCOW, 6 Dec. Just a few degrees Celsius separate Europe from blackouts, wrote Bloomberg columnist Javier Blas.
«The problem is that energy markets are so tight that only a few degrees Celsius or a few windless days separate a Europe facing power outages from one with enough energy to survive the winter,» the columnist said.
According to him, the reality is that energy prices remain extremely high, the continent is at the mercy of the weather, the cost of subsidies is rising, and companies are warning about the risk of deindustrialization in Europe.
«The dire scenario is that specialists in energy industry in Germany is called “Dunkelflaute”, which literally means a gloomy crisis, a period with little solar and wind power and high demand due to low temperatures. occurrence is high this week or next, the region will be in trouble,» Blas added.
As the most likely consequences of such a scenario, he called power outages. The journalist urged Europeans to realize that Europe's worst energy crisis is not over yet.
«The biggest problem with the 'worst is behind us' mantra is that the cold season has just begun,» he concluded.
After Since the beginning of the Russian military special operation in Ukraine, Western countries have stepped up sanctions pressure on Moscow, but this has provoked an increase in fuel prices and record inflation in the West itself. Germany faced an energy crisis and was forced to introduce a savings regime: reduce the temperature in residential premises and offices, turn off the lighting of buildings, limit the heating of private pools and baths.
As Vladimir Putin noted, the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy the United States and its allies, but the sanctions have dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. The Russian president called the worsening of the lives of millions of people the main goal of the West.