PELOSI on the prospect of banning Russian energy. "I'm all for that. Ban it."

[kpete]

Link to tweet

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https://www.axios.com/pelosi-russia-oil-ban-b7b2a5e1-5b73-4746-bef0-d205a4fe6970.html

[SheltieLover]

1. Yes!

[empedocles]

2. Ah. Now I'm more convinced.

[jcgoldie]

3. This is too important to let it be dictated by political expediency

$6 gas is qualitatively and ethically on a different scale than the death of democracy in Ukraine.

[orwell]

4. It is already effectively banned...

...Russian Oil collapsing on the trading markets.

Tankers refusing to ship. Those that will charging 300% of normal rates.

Russia has destroyed it's reputation as a reliable energy supplier to Western Europe. Nord Stream 2 is dead. LNG terminals will be built in Europe.

Major international oil like BP and Shell fleeing investments in Russia.

Lukoil stock price collapsed due to shuttered Russian stock market. Lukoil down over 90%. Now they come out against the madman's genocide. (Money talks komrade...)

He really screwed the pooty on this one...

Oh and by the way, Fuck him!

[lagomorph777]

5. Yeah, very good stuff.

Really though, that means if we implement a formal ban, we get a PR win with minimal actual cost.

May as well do it!

[AlexSFCA]

6. Embargo on Russian energy sector - we will pay extra to destroy putin