Alexander Mercouris
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Europe Gas Prices Surge, Shortages and Blackouts Loom, Gazprom Refuses to Send More Gas via Ukraine, EU Leaders Do Nothing
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Ukraine faces heating cuts as fuel crisis worsens – media
Ukraine faces heating cuts as fuel crisis worsens – media
Several regions of Ukraine are facing heating cuts due to critically low fuel reserves at thermal power plants, the Kiev-based weekly newspaper Zerkalo Nedeli claimed on Thursday, citing a report by the country’s Security Service.
Gas prices in Europe surpass $1,700 per 1,000 cubic meters as trading starts
Gas prices in Europe surpass $1,700 per 1,000 cubic meters as trading starts
The price of the January futures on the TTF hub in the Netherlands increased to 148.87 euro per MWh
Gazprom does not book extra gas transit via Ukraine in January 2022
Gazprom does not book extra gas transit via Ukraine in January 2022
The Ukrainian gas transport system operator offered the transit capacity at the auction on Monday in addition to booking based on the long-term contract
German lawmaker says Russia’s proposals to NATO are unacceptable
German lawmaker says Russia’s proposals to NATO are unacceptable
According to Roth, Eastern European countries are not Moscow’s sphere of influence
German lawmaker says doesn’t think Nord Stream is purely economic project
German lawmaker says doesn’t think Nord Stream is purely economic project
According to Michael Roth, Germany, including during talks with Moscow, tried to allay Kiev’s fears and gave to understand that the launch of the gas pipeline should not harm Ukraine when no gas is pumped to Europe via its territory
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Ukraine and the EU brought this crisis upon themselves by falling in line on the US sanctions.
With respect to the shortage of gas for fertiliser production, how about we do it the “old” way? 33% to 40% of the waste we dump in the landfill is compostable. We could make good fertiliser from fruit and vegetable waste (from home, restaurants, and hospital kitchens), garden waste (Autumn leaves, grass clippings, location-challenged plants), and animal waste (chicken, pig, sheep, cow, and horse), fish waste from fish packers, seaweed, produce waste from supermarkets, etc.
In Australia work is being carried out experimenting with human waste as fertiliser. The waste is treated and then dried and pellitised, allowing easily spreading by current fertiliser machines. Results have been promising, but at this stage such fertiliser is only being used on animal feed lots. Tests of soil have validated the microbs and bacterialogical benefits to sub soil conditions. Humans have been using their waste for thousands of years as fertiliser, why waste a perfectly good product ?
I couldn’t agree more, Eddy. When I was growing up in England in the early 1960s, I remember homeowners getting loads of treated sewage sludge from the local sewage plant for our vegetable gardens and allotments. I believe we had to spread it and leave it exposed to sunlight for natural sterilisation from the end of the growing season until the beginning of the next. When you think (or try not to think) of the amount of “hu-poo” that almost eight billion humans produce a day, we should be treating it as a resource. As they say, waste is simply… Read more »