European Blackouts

European governments warn of blackouts
Life in some European cities may soon look like this: staggered electricity outages. Temporary cuts in mobile phone and internet service. Schools closed for a lack of lighting and heat. Even traffic lights could briefly be powered down.

As an unseasonable streak of mild weather gives way to freezing temperatures, governments are starting to brace people for a winter without Russian gas.

The French government last week started instructing officials around the country to plan for potential rolling electricity outages as soon as next month. Britain’s National Grid operator has warned households of possible blackouts from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. if gas used to produce electricity runs short. In Germany, sales of candles have soared.

European officials are insisting that the rationing plans are only a last resort. But governments have already been dipping into some of the emergency gas reserves, driving European natural gas prices back up to their highest levels in six weeks.
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New York Times

bookerdana · M

We have blackouts b/c of domestic terrorism,old folks in freezing weather....Maniacs Are Gutting America

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

But now, a month later, blackouts are looking less likely. Supplies of LNG have increased, the price of gas has fallen, and European energy consumption is falling. Putin won't, can't, win.