tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post8710427242468244425..comments2024-03-28T20:28:01.733-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Moon of Alabama — Russia And Germany Win War Over Nord Stream 2mike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-58611866420153223042021-07-22T10:41:13.299-04:002021-07-22T10:41:13.299-04:00Right I know a cartel is competitive… #paradox … I...<i>Right I know a cartel is competitive… #paradox … I get it…</i><br /><br />If the US is opposing cartel pricing in opposing Nordstream 2, they should say so and not cook up a story about the US "protecting" Germany from the bad Russkies when German, a sovereign state, doesn't want "protection". It's obvious to anyone with half a brain that this is propaganda. The "protection" involved is Mafia-style. How to lose an ally.Tom Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08454222098667643650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-8617892607780138422021-07-22T09:04:47.644-04:002021-07-22T09:04:47.644-04:00Right I know a cartel is competitive… #paradox … I...Right I know a cartel is competitive… #paradox … I get it… Matt Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978352335097260145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-17370237636958130452021-07-22T08:56:52.467-04:002021-07-22T08:56:52.467-04:00“ US opposition was clearly anti-competitive.” Yo,...<i>“ US opposition was clearly anti-competitive.” Yo, ever hear of OPEC+ ???</i><br /><br />If your cost of production and delivery is higher than the competition then you either have to bow to the competition or create artificial scarcity.<br /><br />Paying higher prices for US LNG would increase production costs for German firms and they were having none of it. Merkel got the message loud and clear. Tom Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08454222098667643650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-46719425337612091652021-07-22T07:21:59.603-04:002021-07-22T07:21:59.603-04:00“ US opposition was clearly anti-competitive.”
Yo...“ US opposition was clearly anti-competitive.”<br /><br />Yo, ever hear of OPEC+ ???Matt Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978352335097260145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-18183980180594852112021-07-21T15:42:16.248-04:002021-07-21T15:42:16.248-04:00US natural gas traversing the Atlantic in imaginar...US natural gas traversing the Atlantic in imaginary LNG tankers was competitive.Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.com