Guest Post by Chris MacIntosh
Statistica put out this handy chart giving us a visual of the roll out of poverty in Europe.
Without Russian gas, Europe has a shortage of energy, which has led to rising heating bills where the bulk of the costs are borne by households. In the UK alone, one in three households are expected to be pushed into energy poverty this winter.
However, even before the energy crisis began, European households had problems with heating. In the EU in 2021, almost 7% of the population could not properly heat their homes. The country most affected by fuel poverty was Bulgaria, where almost one in four residents (23.7%) were affected last year, followed by Lithuania (22.5%), and Cyprus (19.4%).
The lowest rates were recorded in Switzerland (0.2%) and Norway (0.8%). By contrast, countries in southern Europe saw a higher share of people unable to properly heat their homes in 2021. The European average was 6.9%. When data for 2022 comes out, these figures can be expected to be worse.
European energy bills hit record despite government support. European households are paying more than ever for electricity and natural gas, even as EU governments have pledged more than €550 billion to “protect citizens and businesses from the energy crisis.” Bloomberg reported.
The average retail price of gas in the European Union and the UK was nearly €0.18 per kilowatt-hour in October, doubling from the same month last year, according to energy consultancy VaasaETT. Household electricity costs have soared 67% to €0.36 per kilowatt-hour.
On a monthly basis, the average unit rate for electricity in October increased by 3.4% and for gas by 2.5%. The biggest monthly gains were in Dublin, where power rates climbed 44%, while the average gas price in Rome soared by 97%.
The unseasonably warm weather in October brought relief to both consumers and governments as fewer people turned on the heating, the publication said. Yet, prices will definitely rise as Europe approaches winter.
Meanwhile over the pond…Turkiye and Algeria to start joint oil and gas exploration company according to Middle East Monitor
Turkiye and Algeria will establish a joint oil and natural gas exploration company to operate in countries around the region, especially in Algeria, Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Fatih Donmez, said Thursday, Anadolu News Agency reports.
The article goes on to say that…
The trade volume between Turkiye and Algeria, which was around $4 billion last year, will expand to $5 billion by the end of the year.
Based on a presidential decree issued in May during Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s visit to Turkiye, they target a further expansion to $10 billion as soon as possible, Donmez said.
It’s almost like these guys are investing in fossil fuels. Weird, heh?
Meanwhile, Turkey might have a change of heart on NATO alliance
Recently, a bomb exploded in Istanbul. ABC news reported that Bomb rocks avenue in heart of Istanbul; 6 dead, dozens hurt
What was interesting was the reaction of Turkey. Ankara rebuffs US Embassy’s condolences over Taksim bombing according a news sources.
Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu stated Monday that Ankara rejects the US Embassy’s condolences over the Istanbul attack.
The White House issued a strong condemnation of the violence in Istanbul and expressed heartfelt sympathies to those who lost loved ones.
Commenting on the US’ statement, Soylu said, as cited by the CNN Turk broadcaster,
“We know where the attack was coordinated. We have received the message given to us and we know what that message is. We do not accept condolences from the US Embassy. We are not treacherous to anyone, but we no longer have any tolerance for these insidious acts. The Istiklal street is our child.
Let me do you the favor of explaining in very clear English exactly what this means. It means that Ankara believes the US had a hand in the terror attack conducted on the streets of Istanbul and have now openly stated this.
The Turkish Minister’s statement wasn’t intended for the US. It was intended for the global community and the global South in particular. It was acknowledging publicly two things previously held closer to the chest:
- Be warned you, too, will be targeted, when you anger the hegemon, which leads to..
- We acknowledge the risks in getting that slap on the hand and we’re choosing our path nonetheless.
What comes next?
Well, this is easy. Expect Western narratives to turn increasingly negative towards Turkey. This will begin and likely build. Within a few months’ time, maybe even sooner (the West is now playing whack-a-mole with recalcitrant satellites states getting uppity), we can expect to see calls for “regime change,” while those same media whores who conveniently ignore the war in Yemen, the Uyghurs, and the neo nazis perpetual killing of Russians in the Donbass will conveniently begin pointing to human rights abuses in Turkey (not that there aren’t any taking place — remember, they’re all psychopaths) and so on and so on.
All this will culminate in Turkey leaving NATO — unless they can be brought to heel either by way of a “color revolution” or by economic and military… ahem, pressures being imposed.
Watching the collapse of the empire really is quite something isn’t it.
It is my sincere desire to provide readers of this site with the best unbiased information available, and a forum where it can be discussed openly, as our Founders intended. But it is not easy nor inexpensive to do so, especially when those who wish to prevent us from making the truth known, attack us without mercy on all fronts on a daily basis. So each time you visit the site, I would ask that you consider the value that you receive and have received from The Burning Platform and the community of which you are a vital part. I can't do it all alone, and I need your help and support to keep it alive. Please consider contributing an amount commensurate to the value that you receive from this site and community, or even by becoming a sustaining supporter through periodic contributions. [Burning Platform LLC - PO Box 1520 Kulpsville, PA 19443] or Paypal
-----------------------------------------------------
To donate via Stripe, click here.
-----------------------------------------------------
Use promo code ILMF2, and save up to 66% on all MyPillow purchases. (The Burning Platform benefits when you use this promo code.)
The satanic empire is in its death throe’s.
More like birth pangs imo.
It was born before anyone alive today was.
It’s suffering growing pains, because people are resisting . . . as they should.
Russia and the rest of BRIC’s should refuse to sell any energy to Europe from now on… indefinitely. The goal of NATO is the destruction of BRIC’s and all its member countries, so they should consider them enemies from this point onward.
It makes no sense that a country would supply those trying to destroy it.
Russia is a stickler for international rules and laws. They have Legally binding contracts that they will honor, unlike the treacherous West. You can bank on the Russian commitment. You can bank on Unkle Schmel stabbing you in the back.
Turkey needs to remove the democrat partys faggot military base on their soil.
GOP is just as bad.
Two wings, same bird.
Buzzard
The two winged buzzard are just feathered Controlled Opposition grunts of the ‘Whore of Babylon’.
I believe God is going kill the ‘Whore of Babylon’ riding the ‘Beast’ and fulfill all His prophecies about her…sooner rather than later as I consider what is going on at this time.
The Beast won’t die…and will devour her but his control will be delayed and thrown back into God’s timing…not his hubris demonic bum rush attempt to rush his dew on the grass takeover…and will come back as prophesied…later.
Here is who I think the Whore of Babylon is (and her destruction is coming soon by the BRICKS…a tool of the Most High).
London, DC, the Vatican.
World events most of which are ‘obviously engineered’ leave a trail that leads to the architects. There are 3 cities on earth that come under no national authority, they have separate laws, they pay no taxes, and they have their own police force and even possess their own flag of ‘independence’.
These 3 cities control the economy, military onslaughts and the spiritual beings of those in powers.
The 3 cities are actually corporations and they are the City of London, District of Columbia and the Vatican. Together they control politicians, the courts, educational institutions, food supply, natural resources, foreign policies, economies, media, and the money flow of most nations as well as 80% of the world’s entire wealth.
Their ultimate aim is to build a demonic totalitarian rule on a global scale where people will be divided into rulers and the ruled after they have depopulated the world to numbers they wish to rule over. What the masses of decieved need to understand is that the world does not work according to what they have been led to believe.
We (us/U.S.) are drowning in misinformation.
(But everyone here knows the Platform is an OASIS).
Coming to USA sooner than most think.
Lithuania tried to cut off rail service to Kaliningrad. Bulgaria got arm-twisted by Uncle Sam into sending most of its military equipment to the Ukraine- jets and tanks, as I recall. Fuck ‘em.
Too bad it’s been a mild winter in Europe. We’ll see how it goes next winter.
It hasn’t been THAT much of a mild winter . . .
.
Too bad they’re going for uranium, instead of thorium, though . . .