Radical Noesis - Thinking outside the box

The pipeline project, which broke ground on Friday, will send gas to Germany and western Europe will bypass eastern European countries such as the Ukraine and Poland. This is a situation which gives Germany a large advantage in an age of declining oil, and leaves the Baltic region high and dry. This will not ease already existing tensions in the EU between richer nations, and the less popular ones. The pipeline will run under the Baltic Sea to Germany, and Poland and the Ukraine (both who need Russian oil and gas) fear they will lose that supply.

History never dies, and Poland has had bad experience with both Germany and Russia. A deal between the two nations raises both concerns and suspicion in Poland. It does not help that Poland may lose its access to below market gas from Russia - a deal that's been in place because Poland allows Russia to transport gas through their nation. The pipeline will diminish, if not kill, that route. The result, higher gas prices for Poland at a time when gas is already skyrocketing

At conflict with the Schroeder appointment is the stink of a payback situation. The Gazprom deal was finalized in September - just before Schroeder left office. His appointment to the top post does not look good.