of its gas from russia, but prices are set internationally, so we re affected. germany, however, relies on russia for over 60% of its gas, and those payments are helping prevent a total collapse of the rouble. that reliance and support needs to change according to german politicians. we cannot trust on reliable conditions with russia, trade conditions, therefore we have to diversify our energy supply. what we re considering is the extension of the use of coal fired power plants and of nuclear fired power plants, because we want to become more independent from russian gas. extending the use of coal in europe was not in the script at november s global climate summit, and it s a measure of the current crisis that it s back in now. shipments of liquid gas are now the subject of international bidding wars in which consumers are the loser. the government has already
this was happening and how can we let this stand? yeah. in fact, some of of my colleagues in other states like north dakota, wyoming, oklahoma, texas, have been also on the administration about this war on fossil fuels by using the banking system. and, again, it gets back to that the biden administration is pushing this radical green agenda, is ignoring the realities that we are fossil fuel and could be energy independent if it weren t for their policy. brian: makes us more vulnerable and gets us into wars and now you have places like europe who said we had no choice to go to the russians because you guys aren t supplying like you could. we haven t developed the technology to transport liquid gas like we should. why wouldn t we want to be the number one supplier to our allies? that s anti-american behavior. yep. and this is something that the president is living in some different world when he keeps pushing his electric vehicles and thinking that that s going
russian gas- russian gas. extending the use of coal in europe russian gas. extending the use of coal in europe was russian gas. extending the use of coal in europe was not - russian gas. extending the use of coal in europe was not in - of coal in europe was not in the script in the november global climate summit, a measure of the current crisis that it measure of the current crisis thatitis measure of the current crisis that it is back an hour. shipments of liquid gas another subject of international bidding wars in which are losers. the government has already announced a £350 assistance package to soften the blow, but with average bill set to rise four times that this year, there will be surely calls for more. let s get the thoughts of jonathan robinson at frost and sullivan, welcome to the programme. a perfect storm, energy markets around the world already suffering, already struggling with supply issues, and now on top of this concerns about supplies from russia. it s very har
To move away from Russia's energy dependence, Europe is increasingly turning to Africa for its natural gas imports. But, though the potential is there, low supply and serious bottlenecks stand in the way.
of emergency after a major escalation in the protests, which have now spread across the country. in the commercial capital, almaty, protestors stormed the airport and seized government buildings. this was the crowd storming the mayor s office earlier in the day. they also got into the president s residence and lit fires inside. the protests began after a sudden rise in the price of liquid gas, which is used to power vehicles in kazakhstan. but they quickly developed into much bigger, anti government protests. the kazakh president has threatened a tough response. translation: attention is drawn to the high level of organisation l of these destructive people. this is evidence of an elaborate plan. prepared by financially motivated plotters. as head of state and, from today, the president of the security council, i intend to act as tough as possible. this is the question of the safety of our citizens who make numerous requests to me to protect the lives and the lives of their families. th