1. Well....the natural gas flow from Russia into Germany....after the repair was complete....was turned on yesterday. Amount of the flow? Journalists say it's about 30-percent.
How this will relate to things? Maybe with some make-up efforts....with some reserve natural gas in the system....I would estimate it'll be a tough winter period to survive through, but there will be enough gas to do the job.
2. The EU did come out yesterday and say a goal of cutting natural gas use by 15-percent is on the agenda. Whether all 28 nations will go this way? Unknown.
3. Focus reports.....US intelligence now estimates that around 15,000 Russians have died in the Ukraine war. Ukraine itself says the number is closer to 50,000. As I saw in one YouTube conversation with a Ukrainian local....there's dead Russian bodies (in uniforms) all over the place, and they just bury them.....so to say that anyone has a true count? It's just not possible.
4. Italian PM Draghi gone? In coalition talks (to rebuild)....it's not going well. Pretty high odds now....a new election will have to be called. I'd estimate it to happen by the end of September/early October. Lot of frustration going on with consumers, farmers, and the youth.
5. Just about every evening for the past week, via public TV ARD or ZDF....there's been a chat about the nuke power plants in Germany. The remaining operational ones would be turned off by the end of December....via an agreement set into motion several years ago with the government (note, they are funded to be turned off).
In some ways, I think the news efforts are gearing the public (particularly Green Party folks) to just accept the fact that the turn-off will NOT occur. These three nuke plants will probably be around for a number of extra years.
6. N-TV had a piece on the Uniper problem (the natural gas company with severe financial issues). The amount they are probably going to ask the government to provide? Between 2.5 and 8 billion Euro.
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