Good People, can anyone explain why an “ordinary gas” leak is making European leaders unsettled? I mean in Nigeria, that happens all the time and the press does not even report it. In other words, it is not news!
In Sweden, the Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist was speaking in big grammar as though something big had happened. Indeed, it is a big deal when you understand that civilization is built on energy. If you lose energy security, you lose your future.
The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was blunt: “Any deliberate disruption of active European energy infrastructure is unacceptable and will lead to the strongest possible response.” That is how critical energy is. And they are mobilizing everything to make sure it does not repeat again.
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Fellow Nigerians, everyone will know when Nigeria will move to the next level. And that will happen when we have a secure energy future. The urgency to get there is something we must look at in the current election season. Our office in Owerri uses the national grid as the second backup! In Sweden, the governor of the state would have called press conferences as though the world is failing. Respect good #leadership.
The European Union is “deeply concerned” about damage to the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines that has resulted in leaks in the international waters of the Baltic Sea, calling it a “deliberate act.”
“All available information indicates those leaks are the result of a deliberate act,” the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Wednesday, while promising to increase energy security efforts.
The bloc “will support any investigation aimed at getting full clarity on what happened and why and will take further steps to increase our resilience in energy security,” he said.
(This leak is assumed to be a sabotage)
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Comment: This isn’t just a gas leak, it’s a suspected act of sabotage. It’s worth all the big Grammar and calls for investigation and action.
We all know what’s going on in Europe and everyone is wary. If this was indeed a deliberate act from an hostile country, why won’t they panic and work towards ensuring it doesn’t happen again ?
If Russia can silently blow up an undersea pipeline under Sweden’s nose, it can definitely do the same to Norway’s gas pipeline.
My Response: I pity the small Russia for blowing its own pipelines just as it is bombing nuclear power plant it controls. If sabotage is the standard, the whole force of Nigeria military would be in the creeks. More than 90% of leaks are due to “sabotages”. So, why are we not mad as the Europeans?
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