Here we go again -- Gazprom (Russia) is going to turn off the taps.

[eleusis]

Oh but it won't effect supplies to Western Europe. Yeah, okay, you said that last year. And it did.

And it's politically motivated becasue Gaxprom's only ties to the goverment are through the board. Oh okay, that insignificant then.

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7233401.stm

But it is currently the only viable alternative to fossil fuels. We can't really base our national energy stategy on things the don't exist.

Oh look, good to see they had time to celebrate their monopoly:

www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=214781&s=&i=&t=Deep_Purple,_Tina_Turner_pop_best_hits_at_Gazprom_an niversary