phrxmd
phrxmd t1_j76kg4v wrote
Reply to comment by ElleRisalo in Renewables surpass gas and coal despite Putin’s attempt to blackmail Europe by rmuktader
> How is Putin blackmailing Europe?
By unilaterally reducing, then stopping gas supplies through the existing pipelines between July and September, paired with statements by Russian political figures to the end of "winter is coming".
phrxmd t1_j76n7q5 wrote
Reply to comment by ElleRisalo in Renewables surpass gas and coal despite Putin’s attempt to blackmail Europe by rmuktader
> As I said Putin has no leverage. So how is it blackmail?
When you don't have leverage, but you think you do, it's still blackmail.
Most of the autumn and winter the messaging from Russia has been that Europeans will soon freeze to death.