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Is Europe ready for military confrontation with Russia over Kosovo? | 87 comments (87 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Thinking about #2, it would be a source of concern for Gazprom if the EU decided to stop building gas-fired power plants. Do you think if Gazprom buys utilities in the EU it will make it harder for the EU to regulate gas-fired power plants away?

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Dec 19th, 2007 at 05:27:07 PM EST
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No. If the political will is there, I think it'll actually make it easier: Just fire up a really nasty carbon tax. After all, it'll only be the Russians' pocketbooks that are hit...

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Fri Dec 21st, 2007 at 12:42:09 AM EST
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