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JohnFlint1985 · 11-16-2007, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by kato

It already is "addicted" to it.

German energy raws consumption:

Crude Oil (2005)
- 472,000 bbl/d from Russia
- 336,000 bbl/d from Norway
- 285,000 bbl/d from UK
- 251,000 bbl/d from Lybia
- 67,000 bbl/d from local production
- 41,000 bbl/d from Nigeria
- 474,000 bbl/d other sources

(in 2006, import share from Russia significantly increased, to 34% of imports)

Natural Gas (2004)
- 1.3 trillion cubic feet from Russia
- 1.0 trillion cubic feet from Norway
- 0.7 trillion cubic feet from Netherlands
- 0.6 trillion cubic feet from local production
- no other sources

Coal (2005)
- 241.7 Mmst local production
- 8.8 Mmst Poland
- 8.4 Mmst South Africa
- 7.6 Mmst Russia
- 13.4 Mmst other sources

(Germany is the 7th-largest coal producer in the world)

Source: EIA Country Analysis Germany, http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/Germany/Full.html

This is just Germany. The goal is -- all western Europe and so much of it that there is no other way around it.
Right now the Russia is trying to do the same with another 2 most countries. UK and Denmark - they hold special place in Russian strategy due to their Biggest military budget in EU (for UK) and their very close military ties to USA military. So Germany, I am afraid to say, is only the beginning.