From: dk4xp@arcor.de   
      
   Am 29.01.26 um 17:59 schrieb john larkin:   
   > On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 03:04:52 +1100, Bill Sloman    
   > wrote:   
      
   > The euros need russian natural gas for when their renewables go   
   > offline in cold weather.   
      
   We had > 56% of our electricity consumption from renewables last year,   
   and they did not even fill the gas caverns to full capacity b4 winter.   
      
   Beautiful, clean coal is on a record low now. Not a single coal mine   
   left operating here in the state of Saarland, where half the population   
   used to live from iron & steel.   
      
   Did you note that Canada now has lots of LNG to sell, just to distribute   
   their risks?  They don't consider you a good customer any more.   
      
   Gerhard   
      
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