History's Most Terrifying Winter Is Coming? (Nord Stream)

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    History's Most Terrifying Winter Is Coming (Nord Stream Pipeline)
    Video by:
    Oliver Franke
    Research & Writing:
    Charles Street, Oliver Franke
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 634

  • @OBFYT
    @OBFYT  Рік тому +36

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    • @andyc9902
      @andyc9902 Рік тому +2

      Man when all people are going against you. Remember the people who stayed and believed in you. Take this opportunity to change yourself

    • @ailediablo79
      @ailediablo79 Рік тому

      Soonest he said Russia did the attack as if it is defent i lost this. Why would he blow up a pipe he owns and controls. He can just stop the flow lol. The reast of the video is generic and everyone says it. LNG is not enough and pushing for green requires nuclear energy but also requires decades you have less than a month left. Supply through ships would not be enough. Current green methods would still face you few blackouts, like if the day has no sun and no wind it would reduce the supply.
      Europe is not like WW2 they are woke too nowadays. So this cold winter would be too much.
      They are f up. Their economy is going to shrink.

    • @bottleflaskan802
      @bottleflaskan802 Рік тому +1

      No

    • @derrekvanee4567
      @derrekvanee4567 Рік тому +7

      Stop streaming people's scripts verbaren bro

    • @freerider177
      @freerider177 Рік тому

      @@andyc9902 What happened?

  • @drinity49
    @drinity49 Рік тому +20

    This video is plagiarised from (insert any channel here)

  • @compassrise
    @compassrise Рік тому +689

    I don't remember WW2 either, but I submit that Europe lived through much more terrifying (and colder) winters between 1939 and 1944.

    • @SuchDarkness
      @SuchDarkness Рік тому +77

      There were less people to need natural gas, and we still were very reliant on coal and wood for heating back then.

    • @Dihyyy
      @Dihyyy Рік тому +72

      @@SuchDarkness heating is not a main concern, people can install coal heating, the problem is manufactures, chemistry etc, europe won't die of cold so easly, nor starve, its just gonna be harder to get some things..

    • @alouisschafer7212
      @alouisschafer7212 Рік тому +16

      Yeah the post war years were fucking rough and people just powered trough.

    • @johnwt7333
      @johnwt7333 Рік тому +4

      And people were used to it. Takes time to get used to colder temperatures

    • @JustAnNPC69
      @JustAnNPC69 Рік тому +9

      @@alouisschafer7212 but you have to understand that, that is something ppl today can not do.

  • @ohnezuckerohnefett
    @ohnezuckerohnefett Рік тому +15

    Can someone point me to the original? Thanks.

  • @uchennanabu184
    @uchennanabu184 Рік тому +20

    Plagerism

  • @quuaaarrrk8056
    @quuaaarrrk8056 Рік тому +262

    Quite surprising that the usage of Wood for heating has risen since 2000.

    • @AquaWeiner
      @AquaWeiner Рік тому +22

      Rich people and their cabin fireplaces am I right?

    • @quintusantell2912
      @quintusantell2912 Рік тому +40

      @@AquaWeiner Rural and other residential areas also use wood as a cheap fuel for heating and garbage disposal.

    • @brainfreeze7549
      @brainfreeze7549 Рік тому

      most Europeans stock up on wood and burn it through winter only the "rich" get gas (in most cases)

    • @hyndscs
      @hyndscs Рік тому +5

      Because its carbon neutral not dependant on a grid and a nz wood fire produces of 1.5gm per kg of fuel consumed. A l.e.b is 1.0g and uleb 0.5g. So yeah it's far far better than heat pumps and heating a.c.

    • @hyndscs
      @hyndscs Рік тому +3

      @@AquaWeiner not here in nz other way around rich use ac and heat pumps

  • @marton8288
    @marton8288 Рік тому +263

    it’s honestly really sad how unfortunate events turned most of the world against nuclear plants. hope this pushed for it and we manage to turn towards more eco-friendly, cheap and safe energy production

    • @lukask2489
      @lukask2489 Рік тому

      the corporations that are against nuclear Plants are Gas Corps and Oil Companies.

    • @fowlerfreak7420
      @fowlerfreak7420 Рік тому +27

      Blame your local Green party politician, or in the U.S., the Democrats.

    • @marton8288
      @marton8288 Рік тому +1

      @@fowlerfreak7420 in my country we do have nuclear power ty anyways

    • @Erwin1293-
      @Erwin1293- Рік тому +11

      @@fowlerfreak7420 in germany the conservatives stopped muclear energy but also stopped investing in renewable Energy (we where the biggest air power porducer at some point (2008)

    • @UnCannyValley67
      @UnCannyValley67 Рік тому +1

      Fukushima.
      There is a goddamn REASON the world is weary of nuclear. Yes, in a bubble, it is safe and efficient. But we dont live in a bubble. We have earthquakes, tsunamis , and autocratic madmen like PooTin.

  • @Vordigon1
    @Vordigon1 Рік тому +61

    I'm a simple Bulgarian, I hear Bulgaria mentioned in a video, I press like.

  • @darkblazewind
    @darkblazewind Рік тому +264

    Last winter the lowest temperature in the Netherlands was -8,7 C or 16 F. I cant even remember it ever going far lower. Warmth is a luxury here not a matter of survival. Just get an extra blanket

    • @rickwellTY
      @rickwellTY Рік тому +29

      Bit hard to say that with small children in the house

    • @johnwt7333
      @johnwt7333 Рік тому +14

      My arms and legs freeze below 19°C. So, heating is not a luxury in NL. Plus I have solar panels, an underground heatpump installation and triple glass windows. Why do I have to suffer through winter?

    • @rynt7025
      @rynt7025 Рік тому +10

      📍norway 💀💀🥶 -30 Celsius,(-22 Fahrenheit) and below are not uncommon

    • @vapor8611
      @vapor8611 Рік тому +21

      -8 is nothing really, Scandinavia triple that number every winter

    • @theMcWOPPER
      @theMcWOPPER Рік тому +13

      @@johnwt7333 because Europe stands with ukraine ✊️ and you should too.

  • @OBFYT
    @OBFYT  Рік тому +75

    In regards to the pipeline being blown up. I spoke from the perspective of Ursula von der Leyen, not my own. But looking at the comments I should have probably been more clear on that. So apologies for that!
    Personally it doesn't make sense to me that it was blown up by Putin, but I wanted my opinion to be kept out of the video. What do you think happened?

    • @alexbarber3310
      @alexbarber3310 Рік тому +8

      Well seeing as Norway wouldn’t release information they had gathered through intelligence about the pipeline blowing up that must mean it was Russia. /s

    • @yanafridabinaev
      @yanafridabinaev Рік тому

      The West bombed it duh. Probably the US.

    • @Ascension2743
      @Ascension2743 Рік тому +17

      @@yanafridabinaev I think that it was a US-Polish coalition, but the US sit back, funded Poland and let them do the dirty work. What do you think?

    • @walterbrunswick
      @walterbrunswick Рік тому +16

      After Biden's remarks about Russian gas supply, and after a Polish politicians' comment on Twitter "Thank you, USA", it really doesn't take a genius to figure out who did it (the territory is under NATO control)
      Russia soon after made comments about repairing the pipeline
      Hello from Ukrainian-Canadian 🇺🇦🇨🇦

    • @Ascension2743
      @Ascension2743 Рік тому +1

      @@walterbrunswick I agree with your opinion Walter's Playground.

  • @andreasfiltenborg4952
    @andreasfiltenborg4952 Рік тому +18

    Russia wouldn't sabotage Nord stream. They would want to move as much gas as possible due to dwindling income. All they'd really have to do was just close the valve. Things would seem less suspicious as it would be a logical action as opposed to blowing up ones own infrastructure.

    • @rankoorovic7904
      @rankoorovic7904 Рік тому +3

      Had it been them the investigation would already be over.

    • @Ibelieveyou8
      @Ibelieveyou8 Рік тому

      Investigation is finished with a conclusion it wasn't Russia who blew it away... but they didn't want to tell who it was... The West is just total nonsense..

    • @Ghastly_Grinner
      @Ghastly_Grinner 8 місяців тому

      Their gas/oil income is actually up by 15% from pre war levels due to shifting to Asia as a market

  • @tunemaki_izlasitrlv6835
    @tunemaki_izlasitrlv6835 Рік тому +26

    While most countries in EU will probably get through this winter without issues, we must remember that not all EU states are rich or barely need any heating for survival in winter.
    Take a look at Baltic states. Winters sometimes are very cold and many people work here for around 500 euro a month and we know in current economy it is barely enough to buy food and pay bills. Survival cost is around 350 euro (only food and bills) for 1 person a month withOUT heating.
    And with heating that price jumps up to 500 even before current situation. If you live alone you can manage but families where parents work for minimal salary will struggle a lot.

    • @assamass
      @assamass Рік тому +3

      It's not great with the heating prices in the Baltics. But the average salary in all Baltic States is over 1000€ after the taxes.

    • @tunemaki_izlasitrlv6835
      @tunemaki_izlasitrlv6835 Рік тому +5

      @@assamass Average salary only indicates total amount of money earned by all people on average, not the amount that people earn individualy. On its own it doesn't adequately represent the situation.
      In reality if you don't have highest education you probably won't find any job where salary is above 650 euro. And even doctors and teachers who earn a lot of money in other EU countries, only get around 750 euro in Latvia.
      Not to mention pension for senior citizens in Latvia is 380-400 for most people, and disabled people only get up to 200 euro.
      I just gave you few examples of massive groups of people that don't earn no where near 1000 euro a month. And yes I know pension is not salary, but it serves the same purpose - keeping people alive.
      My point is that it is better to look at how much people earn in different age groups, education levels and field of work. It will paint way more accurate picture.

    • @balticthegrapher
      @balticthegrapher Рік тому +1

      it's not that bad..

  • @martonbalazskajari5424
    @martonbalazskajari5424 Рік тому +30

    For us, we didn't have fall break instead they extended the winter break by 1 week so they wouldn't have to heat that much. There are reasons this might be worse or might be better and we will have to see.

  • @houseplant1016
    @houseplant1016 Рік тому +5

    Yesterday in Belgium it was literally 24 degrees lmao

    • @thenasiudk1337
      @thenasiudk1337 Рік тому

      24 degree is not hot, it's average imo

    • @houseplant1016
      @houseplant1016 Рік тому

      @@thenasiudk1337 Average? In western Europe we have broken the record for average temperature of October now. We are literally walking outside in t shirts and shorts...

  • @Ehralur
    @Ehralur Рік тому +10

    How does it make ANY sense for Russia to sabotage their own pipeline when they could've just... shut it off...? Especially considering it was already clear that Europe was not gonna run out of gas at that point, they need this money to save their already collapsing economy, and they immediately started work to repair it. There's a lot of countries that could stand to gain from the sabotage, but Russia is not one of them.

  • @Joshua-zw5zj
    @Joshua-zw5zj Рік тому +85

    The video is great but it fits better with the sentiment experienced a couple of months ago, since now most experts say the biggest problems are resolving, especially with nearly no western european country actually buying russian gas anymore for example germany is at 0GWh and to that european storage facilities are filled to around 96% which alone will be enough for a whole january but with norway, netherlands and belgium as suppliers and the LNG imports it will be easily enough for the whole winter when you also consider that gas consumption is already 20-30% lower compared to last year and some gas reduction action plans have not even started yet

  • @Lemonz1989
    @Lemonz1989 Рік тому +24

    I live in a well insulated apartment, so I’ll be fine in Denmark. I haven’t turned any heating on yet and the indoor temperature is still 23 C to 24 C all day long. I spent like $70 for heating from the start of May to the end of September, from district heating, and that was all for hot water use, and not for heating my apartment. My energy company expects me to use around $90 for heating from the start of October to the end of December, but I doubt that will be the case.

  • @balazskiss9252
    @balazskiss9252 Рік тому +6

    'Let's hope all 27 countries stick to the agreement' while showing Budapest in the background. Subtle! :D

  • @Leo-pd4fc
    @Leo-pd4fc Рік тому +27

    I live in Northen Europe's Finland and winters are really cold here. I know what is cold winter. Europe without energy and lights would be a big probelm. It's not easy here but we have firewoods because I live in Farm and Olkiluoto Ydinvoimala, that makes me feel better and it's safe to be with family at home. 😊

    • @tunemaki_izlasitrlv6835
      @tunemaki_izlasitrlv6835 Рік тому +10

      Yes but you have money unlike your neighbors bellow you. In Latvia I earn 500 euro month for full time job, and it costs 350 euro to survive (only food and bills) in summer. In winter surviving cost jumps up to 450-500 euro before current gas situation.
      Yes it is a lot warmer in Latvia, but the issue is not that EU will have no gas. The issue is the price we will have to pay keep ourselves alive.

    • @Leo-pd4fc
      @Leo-pd4fc Рік тому +1

      Yep life is hard

    • @Leo-pd4fc
      @Leo-pd4fc Рік тому

      @Зая Ядерная im not Nazi, I actually HATE nazies too But i dont like Russia was Started a war in Ukraine and we Have Wars between Finland and Russia what makes feel HATE Russia But I only Hate Russia's president not citizens, im good friend with Two Russian people and I like Russian people But not Their President

    • @kriskt4754
      @kriskt4754 Рік тому

      @Зая Ядерная By Nazi views you mean supporting Russia?

    • @ViT_aL_
      @ViT_aL_ Рік тому

      ​@Зая Ядерная unfortunately a lot of nazis in Europe

  • @nightsage217
    @nightsage217 Рік тому +16

    Wow. Who knew nuclear plant is the optimal choice.
    Joke aside. Trading with Russia is not the worst idea for the last 30 years at least, because trading reduces the incentive of invasion (aka raid) in human history.
    But I'm still in awe the lack of transition or plan-B on power source to be honest.

  • @harrybruijs2614
    @harrybruijs2614 Рік тому +10

    Europe have survived the little iceage, then every winter was far worse. When I was young every winter was far more colder then nowadays and we had only one heater in the whole house apart from the kitchenstove.
    Mother made us a small bed by reducing the lenght, then you had a warmwaterbottle and three woolen blankets. It was warmband cosey. Great to wake up and look at the iceflowers on the window and blow a hole in it. We are just spoiled, you don’t need to warm your whole house or the bedrooms and certainly not to 23°C. A warm bathroom is nice. Not washing yourself in the winter in the kitchen is nice. But I have my washingmachine and dryer in the bathroom and on sunday I take a real bath after I have done the wash at reduced temperaturen and dried the sheets and towels, just on the lowest setting.It’s like a sauna then. On the other days I pop in and out the showers.
    You can life comfortable and save energy 18 or 17° C is Ok and also healthier, because you burn fat and will loose weight, but you have to dress for it. More thin layers is better then 1 thick one. Best is for your health is no sweater, but that’s not everyones cup of tea. In theory your metabolism will adapt but then you will have to eat more and that could outbalance the energysavings.
    Also keep yourself warm not the house. There are several ways to that.
    Also when cooking you can save, rice, noodles, eggs don’t need to boil. Bring the water to the boil with a lid on the pan, turn off the heat and they will cook without boilling. The rest you can turn off the heat five minutes before. When deepfrying bring the oil on the heat, turn it off and fry. You have to experiment with temperature and time. Eggs and bacon fry the bacon, without grease off course, turn the heat of and fry the eggs in the restheat. Everyone can try different things experiment.

    • @nagalon7255
      @nagalon7255 Рік тому +1

      Nah too much to think about just to keep myself warm. I’d rather burn more energy to waste then use no energy so the rich can profit from me not using it.
      😊

    • @Bobbyjonesyrrr
      @Bobbyjonesyrrr Рік тому +1

      Europe during COVID crisis: if you don't do everything the government says you are killing my grandma. Europe during Ukraine crisis: my grandma can't afford to feed or heat her household but that's okay small sacrifices for the greater good.

  • @MrSupernova111
    @MrSupernova111 Рік тому +3

    Hey bro, you need to be careful how you insert those ads into your videos. It took me a moment to realize I was watching an ad. If you're going to embed ads into your videos you need a clear transition so people know what they're watching. Don't mislead your viewers.

  • @dire5841
    @dire5841 Рік тому +22

    Solution. A coat

  • @bigverybadtom
    @bigverybadtom Рік тому +21

    In January 1967, there was a high temperature of 65 degrees (very warm for winter), then the temperature dropped drastically and the next day and a half had a record setting blizzard which dumped 23 inches of snow. So the scenario is not out of the question.

    • @savejeff15
      @savejeff15 Рік тому +6

      65 degrees of FAHRENHEIT

    • @johnwt7333
      @johnwt7333 Рік тому +4

      65 degrees? That's impossible. Humans are not built to tolerate that kind of heat

    • @bigverybadtom
      @bigverybadtom Рік тому +1

      @@savejeff15 Thanks, forgot to mention that. My point being that temperatures can change very drastically in a short period of time. Also that was the biggest snowstorm in the Chicagoland area on record.

    • @DJ1573
      @DJ1573 Рік тому

      @@bigverybadtom Yes but now weather prediction is far more precise. There would be enough time to prepare the affected area

    • @mujtabarashid3847
      @mujtabarashid3847 Рік тому +1

      @@johnwt7333 that’s the surface temperature of Iraq in the summer

  • @KarrierBag
    @KarrierBag Рік тому +20

    Here in the UK, I live on a boat, have gas to see me through til next year and have a diesel heater if needed and 250L of fuel in the tank, I lived on the road for near on 30 years and the last 5 on the water, I think I can survive this energy crisis.

    • @BruceWayne_311
      @BruceWayne_311 Рік тому

      you won't

    • @KarrierBag
      @KarrierBag Рік тому +12

      @@BruceWayne_311 In your opinion.
      I think as I moved out at 15 into a tent with no income and went from there, now own my own home, have a secure mooring, have various stuff stored at my yard, yes I actually do think I can get through unlike people in houses and flats .... you are more fu€ked than me.

    • @moth5799
      @moth5799 Рік тому

      Congrats, no one cares.

    • @KarrierBag
      @KarrierBag Рік тому +1

      @@moth5799 well why reply then?

    • @moth5799
      @moth5799 Рік тому

      @@KarrierBag I just like calling out dickheads

  • @lmao.3661
    @lmao.3661 Рік тому +6

    pro russians absolutely throwing hands with the air when winter comes and nothing happens

    • @newwonderer
      @newwonderer 7 місяців тому

      They had pretty bad winter tho

  • @taylorindustries
    @taylorindustries Рік тому +5

    as long as its not a nuclear winter we are fine

  • @duuttdh
    @duuttdh Рік тому +2

    I like that Content. Its good Quality and with many information
    Well done!

  • @NovelNovelist
    @NovelNovelist Рік тому +3

    "But it might surprise you to learn that Germany is also heavily dependent on Russian gas."
    Uh, I mean I guess if I'd been in a coma for the last 8 months that might surprise me...

  • @Selmarya
    @Selmarya Рік тому +2

    still impressed Lithuania was the first EU country to completely ban Russian gas imports

  • @iakona23
    @iakona23 Рік тому +19

    There are plenty of full LNG tankers waiting off the coast of Spain and Portugal. What is most needed is larger pipeline capacity to move this gas from Spain across to France and Germany and the rest of Europe.

    • @RexGalilae
      @RexGalilae Рік тому +13

      "there are plenty of resources. All that's needed is infrastructure that would take years to build"
      Okay 👌

    • @iakona23
      @iakona23 Рік тому +3

      @@PutXi_Whipped Stuff it vatnik troll. The EU exists to facilitate such projects which benefit the entire EU and Spain and Portugal both benefit from and contribute to innumerable such projects.

    • @toorero
      @toorero Рік тому +1

      @@PutXi_Whipped You mean the action that the ECB artificially lowered bond prices for countries like Spain, Greece and Italy which especially hurt Germany with fine bond prices or do you mean the TARGET2 credit facilities that allowed and still allows borrowing money from countries like Germany in favor for the German export economy?
      Do you mean the enormous money that all EU-states pour into Spain and Portugal like the money by the RRPs? Spain will receive almost 70 billion which is the biggest public investment in the history of Spain.
      Also, I find it quite funny since Spain was one of the loudest crying about the energy prices before the European Council meeting last week. So you think they shouldn't care? I see. Haha

    • @nunoalvarespereira87
      @nunoalvarespereira87 Рік тому +1

      "Paying 80% more for gas is actually good for you!".

    • @DerDop
      @DerDop Рік тому

      @@nunoalvarespereira87 my bills are the same as 2 years ago :)

  • @mikaelthauland9223
    @mikaelthauland9223 Рік тому +3

    I actually need to use a stone oven for our heating for some time this winter in Norway

  • @LCTesla
    @LCTesla Рік тому +33

    this is pretty much being debunked by recent developments. gas prices have come way down from their peaks and European gas storage is over 90% full.

    • @hermaeusmora2945
      @hermaeusmora2945 Рік тому +2

      how long will that last? and how expensive will that gas get?

    • @francescoboselli6033
      @francescoboselli6033 Рік тому

      @@hermaeusmora2945 well if temperatures continue to be this high, it will last definitely for the whole winter

    • @nunoalvarespereira87
      @nunoalvarespereira87 Рік тому

      Yeah because demand is low, once demand starts to go up with the winter you'll see the full effects. People saying "inflation and lack of gas is actually good for you" are in for a big surprise.

  • @Psychx_
    @Psychx_ Рік тому +41

    Meanwhile in reality, September and October have been ridiculously mild, leading to reduced gas usage for heating and Europe's gas storage facilities are 11% fuller than even the most positive estimates have predicted, which now amounts to 94% of the total storage capacity being utilized.
    The gas prices are also slowly coming down and have fallen under 10ct/KWh for the first time in a good while…
    With these positive developments and in consideration of all the new LNG terminals that are rapidly being built right now, I'm not overly worried.
    As for 2023 - it will cost the countries a truck load of tax payer money (one of the rare occasions where it's actually being used for public benefit), but the shift to alternative energy sources, aswell as substituting for Russian gas via other means is definitely doable.
    Besides, without a pressing need, the switch to renewable sources of energy, wouldn't have been able to meet its target timeframe anyways, due to politicians making empty promises 95% of the time when there is not an actual emergency or serious time constraints that could endanger their carreer…
    Since the whole world is in kind of a recession right now, making new debt isn't that bad either - because everyone is. The only thing that could become very dangerous in that regard is making new debt way out of proportion to other economic zones.

    • @elyzium
      @elyzium Рік тому +6

      In Austria the kWh is at 50cents, what are you talking about???

    • @Psychx_
      @Psychx_ Рік тому

      @@elyzium Wholesale prices - what companies and the energy sector pay for the gas.

    • @neko_my_cat
      @neko_my_cat Рік тому

      @@Psychx_ that's great for them but the problem is the fact that we still have to pay 50-90 cent per kWh

    • @Psychx_
      @Psychx_ Рік тому

      @@neko_my_cat I'm with you and there are many people who are intensely burdened by the current economical situation.
      IMO how wages developed during the last few decades is an absolute farce, since these were always increased below the rate of inflation in most of Europe, leading to an effective YOY loss(!) in spending power.
      (i.e. before the 90s, one household income could buy a house without taking a loan; nowadays, two such incomes plus a loan are barely enough anymore or just completely out of reach in many people's circumstances of living)
      Add an acute crisis to that, and you get the current situation, which not only worsened the problem, but also revealed the cumulative effects of things declining for a good while now.
      Possible reasons for this would be political failure/misgovernment, and new systemic issues being created, while worsening existing ones due to deregulation, lobbying and unfavorable changes in rules and laws.
      Some of those changes were directly against the interests of the average working class person and involve reducing their protection against exploitation and cutting down the welfare state, which was supposed to provide a security net and avoid existential dread by not letting the living conditions drop below a certain threshold, aswell as make sure that financial issues don't dictate one's life if he's already living in comparatively humble conditions.
      Most social and societal achievements of the last century were fought for very hard and a lot of people had to be mobilized and motivated to stand up for that cause.
      I highly recommend organizing regular, peaceful demonstrations and even creating a citizens' movement in order to create political pressure. Getting more people to join the workers' unions would be helpful aswell.
      What could also be interesting, is looking into the core goals and their reasoning in the philosophy behind socialism or social democracy, because those are what inspired the aforementioned (and now unfortunately gutted) achievements in the first place.
      People saying things like "but then it will be like in Venezuela, the Sovjet Union or China and you won't be allowed to own anything" don't have a clue and bring up such false deadbeat arguments in order to prevent any serious amount of thinking or discussion coming up regarding this topic.
      I.e. socialism doesn't actually demand a centralist autoritarian/dictatorship government, nor a planned economy.
      Having the workers own the means of production in equal shares (democratic workplace structure! no more ridiculously big wages for only the company leadership, more for everyone else), aswell as making sure that the state provides all basic necessities (food, water, medical care, education, housing) for those who otherwise wouldn't have access to them are the most important core goals.
      Not only does it acknowledge many of the structural issues we're being subjected to, but it also proposes solutions by adressing their causes in a calculated way - those things are something that happens only seldomly, if at all in modern politics anymore, but need to return…
      Sorry for that wall of text, I needed to rant a bit lol.

  • @mufflejoy
    @mufflejoy Рік тому +6

    Don't understand the panic - we have had too much light on for too long, this is an adjustment to more reasonable use of energy.

  • @ilarikemppainen6553
    @ilarikemppainen6553 Рік тому +1

    Reporting from Finland:
    I guess It wasn't that terrifying after all. Here in Finland we collectively lowered room temperatures and tried to save electric as much as we person could. My electric agreement was from september 2021 so I had reasonably priced electric at 5,19c/kWh and about 10-15€ electric bill monthly. That being said market price for electricity was really high and some had tp pay really high priced for electric. There was also occational blackouts. I personally experienced 15min blackout that was caused by some error at power plant or something. It felt really weird that all of sudden all electrics just went out but it was also so cool to look at dark part of city and we just continued to play board games with candle light. That was actually some of the best memories from last winter 😄❤️

    • @Ghastly_Grinner
      @Ghastly_Grinner 8 місяців тому

      The energy crunch is still crippling the EU economy. I think you guys started buying from Russian again a month or two ago

  • @iAdam43
    @iAdam43 Рік тому +15

    I live in Slovakia and my father have pretty nice solution for our gas problem. We have a lot of wood and a system that would take the temperature from burning wood in our basement into our radiators. Worse situation its for people that lives in Apartments.

  • @DimBeam1
    @DimBeam1 Рік тому +4

    2:20 Advert Starts
    3:40 Advert Ends

    • @elyzium
      @elyzium Рік тому +1

      Sponsor block you peasant.

  • @TheDragonborn97
    @TheDragonborn97 Рік тому +63

    With more then 20° C in Europe i very much doubt this winter is gonna be so bad as everything is gonna saying

    • @mikesmit9770
      @mikesmit9770 Рік тому +12

      Nothings as unpredictable as the weather. Though it’s been a pretty long time since we had a very haarscherp winter

    • @willemvanoranje5724
      @willemvanoranje5724 Рік тому

      UA-camrs love drama, just look at the idiots proclaiming China will collapse in 20 DAYS!!!!!! because of some economic recession coming up... it's the same with the winter, scare baiting everyone into watching their videos.

    • @canaldecasta
      @canaldecasta Рік тому

      Water sortages! :D

    • @TheDragonborn97
      @TheDragonborn97 Рік тому +2

      @@mikesmit9770 I don't know about that, but thanks to this weather also prices are down by 70%

    • @anotheranon3118
      @anotheranon3118 Рік тому +2

      @@mikesmit9770 Gas reserves across the EU are at 93%

  • @keyto5526
    @keyto5526 Рік тому +1

    no electricity to run factories is the problem rather than homes. no expect factories to burn woods

  • @eirvairdre
    @eirvairdre Рік тому +73

    Thanks for the videos. They help me a lot in practicing English. I am from Russia, and I hope that the situation will stabilize soon or I will have to change my place of residence =) (Hope my comrades from FSS won’t visit me after this comment)

    • @Vordigon1
      @Vordigon1 Рік тому +9

      I wish you the best of luck man, from Bulgaria.

    • @SuchDarkness
      @SuchDarkness Рік тому +10

      You can go to Norway and chill up there, but you would have to do that soon

    • @Ferroni03
      @Ferroni03 Рік тому +3

      @@SuchDarkness Norway might be a little to expensive, however if he can pay for it, then it is totally worth it

    • @Ferroni03
      @Ferroni03 Рік тому +1

      Wish you luck

    • @actionman4520
      @actionman4520 Рік тому +1

      @@Vordigon1 he is trolling

  • @Jila_Tana
    @Jila_Tana Рік тому +1

    I don't turn on the heater unless temperature in my home drops below 14 Celsius, which it almost never does.
    Anything between 14 and 19 will be met by a woolen sweater.
    My natural gas consumption is almost completely cooking and showering, 400m3 natural gas consumption per year.
    I'm not afraid of coming winter.

  • @davidcalvert-smith4633
    @davidcalvert-smith4633 Рік тому +6

    Europeans are still wearing T-shirts and shorts it’s almost November!!!

  • @boodashaka2841
    @boodashaka2841 Рік тому

    Italy's boot heel is still going ham on the lights. Good for them

  • @afriendlydanishguy5280
    @afriendlydanishguy5280 Рік тому +35

    kæmpe stort arbejde, er stor fan af din kanal og hvad du har opbygget kæmpe respekt

    • @shirtlessviking9225
      @shirtlessviking9225 Рік тому

      Ahh, Dansker

    • @benjaminneumann7479
      @benjaminneumann7479 Рік тому +1

      Dansk chat 😂😂

    • @coby9179
      @coby9179 Рік тому +2

      bare argeligt at han har det med at stjæle videoer i ny og næ

    • @benjaminneumann7479
      @benjaminneumann7479 Рік тому

      @@coby9179 forklar hvad du mener

    • @brtrl
      @brtrl Рік тому +2

      der er et problem gutter. han stjæler sygt mange videoer det er seriøst det eneste han gør

  • @sirpieman300
    @sirpieman300 Рік тому

    " unexpected maintenance issues" That just sounds like code for Sabotage to me.

  • @ryansikorski3908
    @ryansikorski3908 Рік тому +5

    I heard that it's actually supposed to be a fairly warm winter this year. Yes it will cold in the sense that their will be a shortage of gas this year but if the weather stays warmer than normal that will really be detremental to Russia as the price of gas will go down. I think in France the last 2wks of October were well above the norm as s hotter autumn. The jet stream is supposed to bring warmrer weather to Europe this winter we will see what happens. I hope this is true as it will save lives in Europe and save families money and be a huge slap in the face to Putler!!

  • @DT8888
    @DT8888 Рік тому +19

    Why do people watch this guy when he just plagiarises other peoples content word for word?

    • @strauss7151
      @strauss7151 Рік тому +1

      He doesn't. The topic is the same, yes. But the presentation style and narration are different, and in fact better than others.

    • @spicyshizz2850
      @spicyshizz2850 Рік тому +14

      @@strauss7151 wdym he doesn’t? There’s literally a clip of him saying it word for word

    • @strauss7151
      @strauss7151 Рік тому +1

      @@spicyshizz2850 Yes, just a clip. 99.99% of his content is different.

    • @xogeneral1512
      @xogeneral1512 Рік тому +6

      @@strauss7151 are you the staff of obf?

  • @moderneducationalstandard
    @moderneducationalstandard Рік тому +5

    There were far worse winters before gas was even a comodity but those winters weren't documented. We're just too comfortable for our own good.

  • @anteogresevic9381
    @anteogresevic9381 Рік тому

    Thankfully this winter will apparently be above average in temperatures...

  • @DonCrowseppe
    @DonCrowseppe Рік тому +2

    Imagine mentioning Picasso and Banksy in the same sentence 😂

  • @mmmnahfam
    @mmmnahfam Рік тому +1

    10:48 that map shows nothing going to Bulgaria 😂

  • @samja74
    @samja74 Рік тому

    Well, time to put socks, joggers and long sleeves on. Glad that the weather still warm in uk atm.

  • @HosamGemei
    @HosamGemei Рік тому +8

    Saying that Russia sabotaged their own nord stream pipeline is ridiculous. Why would they do that when they have already shut down gas transfer prior to the sabotage. In my opinion whoever did this just wanted to make sure that Germany would not even think about cutting a deal with Russian in exchange for Gas.

    • @hamaarahof5712
      @hamaarahof5712 Рік тому +3

      Absolutely, the silence of the German government speaks volumes. And the pressure from the public to open NS 2 magically disappeared.

  • @monikakacprzak4721
    @monikakacprzak4721 Рік тому +1

    It wouldn't be more frosty and snowy than in Poland 1978/79.

  • @kekseze3990
    @kekseze3990 Рік тому

    Update on the LNG import capacity:
    The first German dock has been finished one and a half months early and is now in service

  • @Ariverfish
    @Ariverfish Рік тому +2

    I mean, it's not really a problem for Germany. Just use the tried and true method, the black gold, coal. It's just the climate activists you have watch out for. This all could've been prevented if they followed France and maintained their nuclear power plants. The funny thing is that nuclear energy is cleaner than most energy sources in the long run, and even cleaner energy (geothermal energy) is basically just nuclear energy from the Earth's core, that doesn't rely on seasonal or variable fluctuations.

  • @sunalwaysshinesonTVs
    @sunalwaysshinesonTVs Рік тому +2

    OMG! Turn off ad lighting. I'd call that a positive, in fact why not just shut off ad lighting completely?

  • @V45194
    @V45194 Рік тому +1

    11:37 Bansko, Bulgaria in winter. BTW, Russia cut off gas to Poland and Bulgaria much earlier than it did to Germany, on Apr 26, for refusing to pay in roubles. Up until then, both countries were heavily reliant on Russian gas (over 90% of all gas use in Bulgaria's case), yet both have managed to switch to other sources since then.

  • @sausje
    @sausje Рік тому +6

    No it's not. We're getting quite a soft winter. So stop spreading nonsense.

  • @macroxela
    @macroxela Рік тому +1

    With global warming causing an unusually warmer fall (currently in the 50s and 60s °F), a cold winter isn't necessarily causing much anxiety among most of us living in Europe.

  • @andyc9902
    @andyc9902 Рік тому

    Man when all people are going against you. Remember the people who stayed and believed in you. Take this opportunity to change yourself

  • @rasmushenriksson2452
    @rasmushenriksson2452 Рік тому +2

    Sweden supply a lot of electricity to Germany and Poland, but that drives up the prices a lot in both Germany and Sweden so we Swedes are not so happy about it. We produces more than we need but the price keeps rising

    • @RK-cj4oc
      @RK-cj4oc Рік тому +1

      Thats because its not a lack of gas that rises prices. Its corporate greed. Energy companies are making record profits.

    • @alouisschafer7212
      @alouisschafer7212 Рік тому

      The electricity market in Europe is so messed up. We produce not enough so we import driving prices up meanwhile we still operate gigantic coal powerplants because Nuclear Energy is "scary" and it will take until 2100 for us to actually build one.
      On top of that EVERYTHING is in the hands of private companies to they are in it for profit.

    • @hamaarahof5712
      @hamaarahof5712 Рік тому

      The shortage will hit in spring, get ready for higher prices

  • @Dr.Kraig_Ren
    @Dr.Kraig_Ren Рік тому +3

    Isn't wearing a turtleneck in winter common sense?
    These rich nations are spoiled.

    • @idk-zi3gw
      @idk-zi3gw Рік тому +1

      But it's unfashionable

    • @Dr.Kraig_Ren
      @Dr.Kraig_Ren Рік тому

      @@idk-zi3gw
      Idk why, but slim muscular boys with turtleneck look kinda attractive to me.

  • @chrisrosenkreuz23
    @chrisrosenkreuz23 Рік тому

    whats so terrifying in using an electric heater? most of us already do, it costs almost the same as natural gas in some places, even from before the war

  • @hamaarahof5712
    @hamaarahof5712 Рік тому

    A pretty good summery of the current situation. If you factor in that one LNG tanker costs $450000 per day and it is in general 8 times to 10 times more than the previous Russian pipeline gas, than it makes it clear it is no long term solution for Europe. It might work for a year or two, after that the cost will break those nations.

  • @DerDop
    @DerDop Рік тому

    My man, I don't know where you live, but there are 20 degrees outside until the 15th of November. I usually turn on my central heating in the middle of October... we already reduced our gas consumption by more than 15%, since we have a month without heating...

  • @markussuroviak2839
    @markussuroviak2839 Рік тому +2

    less electricity means less light = less light pollution = VISIBLE MILKY WAY uwu

  • @linkly9272
    @linkly9272 Рік тому

    0:25 "Where do you get your heat from?"
    12% of Europe: "oh, my source of heat is heat."

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 Рік тому +8

    The EU needs to shift to REs rapidly to be energy independent, so it won’t have to make decisions with problematic countries.

    • @Bobbyjonesyrrr
      @Bobbyjonesyrrr Рік тому

      Germany previously relied on a mixture of coal and nuclear to supply base load energy. Decisions were made to transition the German grid away from nuclear towards LNG over a number of years by politicians who ended up working for or on the pay-roll of Russian Gas companies. I watch with glee as the German establishment try to pretend they haven't been taking dirty Russian gas money on the downlow for decades now.

  • @coby9179
    @coby9179 Рік тому +1

    Har du tænkt dig at lave en video omkring anklagerne som siger du stjæler videoer?

  • @natep6729
    @natep6729 Рік тому +1

    Germany must be regretting shutting down their nuclear power plants so much

  • @mujinaumemiya3130
    @mujinaumemiya3130 Рік тому

    Emotion beats logical thinking.

  • @sebastientumahai9560
    @sebastientumahai9560 Рік тому +1

    I really don’t understand why countries don’t invest in nuclear energy. It’s literally the cleanest most efficient energy source. Gas and wood is totally out of style

    • @nickg2064
      @nickg2064 Рік тому

      people are afraid of it

    • @hamaarahof5712
      @hamaarahof5712 Рік тому

      Ja just look at France, buying it's power now from Germany, as 50% of reactors are to unsafe to run.

  • @moose5.9
    @moose5.9 Рік тому

    Decommissioning nuke plants is probably the dumbest thing I've heard.

  • @jonathandevries2828
    @jonathandevries2828 Рік тому

    one of the heating methods in the bar chart is heat?

  • @jackbackband7733
    @jackbackband7733 Рік тому +1

    Here in the Welsh hills I'm as ready as can be I think. Got coal and logs and bottled gas in to see me through. Lots of tinned and dried food.

    • @hamaarahof5712
      @hamaarahof5712 Рік тому +1

      That's great and very smart. To many are so arrogant they think it wont be necessary to prepare. I guess time will tell. Good luck!

    • @adavies1752
      @adavies1752 Рік тому

      Where too's that then Butt
      North
      Middle
      Or south
      Hope u haven't told Ur neighbors otherwise they'll be popping in for a warm
      I'm just outside of Neath and I'm kitted up to the max and if I'm cold I've got chickens one each for us to put inside our jackets just to keep the chill out and eggs for breakfast
      Stay safe keep warm and if your stuck send me a message I'll do my best👍💪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️

  • @randomthing9712
    @randomthing9712 Рік тому +1

    Hey, people back then can survive with no gas, just collect a wood and create a camp fire inside your own house duh

  • @swaggery
    @swaggery Рік тому

    They could put regulations to now heat your home or business over 8c. That temperature is more than comfortable enough to get by. Just wear a sweatshirt all the time.

  • @a753951852
    @a753951852 Рік тому +9

    @4:28
    It's going to be really interesting when people learn who actually sabotaged the pipeline..

  • @vgames1543
    @vgames1543 Рік тому +3

    What Winter? Global warming dealt with that long ago.

  • @sazgarmuhammad8364
    @sazgarmuhammad8364 Рік тому

    a Nice Winter is Coming

  • @galacticdirt2925
    @galacticdirt2925 Рік тому

    I live in Lithuania a hot country.Heating is a luxury here tbh

  • @tedleer9296
    @tedleer9296 Рік тому

    I’m definitely going to buy a diesel generator for my home with heatpump, better safe than cold.

  • @theMcWOPPER
    @theMcWOPPER Рік тому +2

    I wouldn't be caught dead in a turtleneck

    • @LotsOfS
      @LotsOfS Рік тому +1

      Correct, since that turtleneck would be keeping you alive

    • @heidirabenau511
      @heidirabenau511 Рік тому

      @@LotsOfS Lmao

    • @theMcWOPPER
      @theMcWOPPER Рік тому

      @@LotsOfS you ate misunderstanding my comment. It's an idiom meaning turtlenecks are so unfashionable that even if I were dying from cold I would not wear it.

  • @tombouie
    @tombouie Рік тому

    Thks & it seems that limited EU gas storage capacity is the bottleneck now.

  • @luderickwong
    @luderickwong Рік тому +3

    what if this is going to be a warm winter? there are animal and plant signals for that in asia. snakes, especially pythons are still wondering, refuse to go hybrid. trees that suppose to bloom in spring already have flowers, while trees suppose to yellow their leaves don't. typhoon is a summer thing here, but we have one next week in november. one signal can be false alarm, multiple signals shall not be ignore. don't know about europe, but asia seems to have a warm winter.

    • @RK-cj4oc
      @RK-cj4oc Рік тому +3

      The thing is. The coldest part of European winters has consistently been pushed further back in the season. Having other comparably warm decembers, but then snapping into true cold weather in january and february.

    • @luderickwong
      @luderickwong Рік тому

      @@RK-cj4octhis is an issue didn't happen here for the last couple years, you can consider today is november, but temperature here is still 27 degree c, one of the reason is underwater volcanic activities near taiwan and japan kind of "cooking" the sea, float stones already trouble fishing fleets here and neighbor countries for few years.

    • @alouisschafer7212
      @alouisschafer7212 Рік тому

      @@RK-cj4oc the later the cold wave comes the better for us since gas prices are dropping and will be down to a very reasonable level by then.

    • @RK-cj4oc
      @RK-cj4oc Рік тому

      @@alouisschafer7212 Dont underestimate Corporate greed and political stupidity. But yes. Lets hope so.

    • @hamaarahof5712
      @hamaarahof5712 Рік тому

      Let's hope it is warm for the sake of the low income people, but it sure won't make it any cheaper in the long run.

  • @Someone-ji2gm
    @Someone-ji2gm Рік тому +1

    It still infuriates me that people demonize nuclear power when a lot of the issues resulted in people deciding to shut down power plants

  • @N-A674
    @N-A674 Рік тому

    JFYI - 7:51 this is a Kyiv Cogeneration Power Plant #6, it was hit (not critical) by russian rocket bombardment recently.

  • @pilotman9819
    @pilotman9819 Рік тому

    Its also the biggest thing that will kill factories and the entire transport sector.

  • @savejeff15
    @savejeff15 Рік тому +1

    there is way to little talk about intense ramp up of solar and wind energy production. after years and years of cheap gas we start to talk about nuclear instead of the much cheaper and better alternative. its very frustrating

    • @Mjolknirn
      @Mjolknirn Рік тому +2

      ikr! Australia is now on the road to becoming a renewables powerhouse and decoupling it's major export of coal and gas to clean sources. I was shocked how France decided to 180° on the road towards clean energy, but I guess when the US sanctions whoever they don't like the west follows close by.

  • @KaiWut
    @KaiWut Рік тому +6

    Didn't European countries buy so much gas reserves that their storages became nearly full and prices dipped below zero?

    • @nieink
      @nieink Рік тому +4

      If your fridge is full doesnt mean it will be for the next month...
      Also gas is different from lng

    • @user-ff3wt5jt3w
      @user-ff3wt5jt3w Рік тому

      They have. This is just doomsday fearmongering. Here in Bulgaria at the moment the temperature is 25C and our gas storages are almost full. And the meteorologist say that this will be the warmes winter in years.

    • @hamaarahof5712
      @hamaarahof5712 Рік тому

      Haha, yup and according to the Bundesnetzagentur those last 10 weeks. Good luck saving your industry!

  • @juniordantas02
    @juniordantas02 Рік тому

    Once I heard a french saying the time he felt more cold was in Brazil, cause of the lower temperatures of south Brazil and here we don't have house heating... It is not the end of the world for europeans, its just a too -expensive-to-be-heated-all-the-time winter. Buy a thick duvet and you will be fine.

  • @adrianwolff2007
    @adrianwolff2007 Рік тому +1

    Why would you blow up a pipeline you built when you can just turn it off?

  • @FadeI2Iblack
    @FadeI2Iblack Рік тому +1

    Bold statement, but I'm always hot even in winter I sleep with windows open. Isn't it also a bit getting used to cold... Also going to gym 4-6 days a week really ups your body temprature. If I don't sport for a week I'm much more cold. So time to get in shape people 😁

    • @ravenchild7517
      @ravenchild7517 Рік тому

      Which country are you from? Because I doubt keeping in shape is gonna be enough to deal with the cold in northern Europe.

    • @FadeI2Iblack
      @FadeI2Iblack Рік тому

      @@ravenchild7517 Belgium (Antwerp) and Poland (close to Gdansk), so I guess it's moderate cold.

    • @ravenchild7517
      @ravenchild7517 Рік тому

      @@FadeI2Iblack Impressive, do you keep warm because of a lot of muscles or?

    • @FadeI2Iblack
      @FadeI2Iblack Рік тому

      @@ravenchild7517 Yes I do notice now I'm bigger I'm more warm. My mother and father are also always warm maybe a high output thyroid gland?
      My sister is always cold though (and yes she's a sportsmaniac as well but very low bodyfat).
      I always try to wear as minimal clothing as possible. I do believe you can get used to it, do you?

  • @MonicaHernandez-yn8ct
    @MonicaHernandez-yn8ct Рік тому +2

    Yeah. Very terrifying. It's so hot!!!

  • @maartent9697
    @maartent9697 Рік тому

    The gas bubble in Groningen is almost empty and the Netherlands is currently using it for itself, Germany still has rights to the bubble as well and harvest it still.

    • @ItsRope
      @ItsRope Рік тому

      Almost empty? We stop drilling to stop the earthquakes, but it’s far from empty. Its estimated that there is another 600 billion m3 in the ground

    • @maartent9697
      @maartent9697 Рік тому

      @@ItsRope With that amount we can supply Germany for 6 years, since it will be divived across Europe it's not much. Since the NAM doens't pay the damages Groningen will be unliveable due to all the damaged building.
      The crisis will be over after the Ukraine war because they'll provide the EU with gas.

  • @chltmdwp
    @chltmdwp Рік тому +1

    This is why i dont' like relying on governemnt and have back up plans should the government fail.

  • @MohamedAbdi-sn9hq
    @MohamedAbdi-sn9hq Рік тому +4

    Big fan of your work 👏

  • @brooklyn560
    @brooklyn560 Рік тому

    Most terrifying winter for who? My heat secure 😂