Hungary suspends gas supplies to Ukraine

[freshwest]

8. This is what I figured would happen by autumn after that big bill didn't get paid earlier this year.

FWIW, Ukraine should have been exploring alternatives to fossil fuels long before. They have an industrial base and trained, unionized workers.

They could have gone to solar; sustainable hydro (making it possible for fish to spawn); wind; biogas; maybe geothermal power.

In emergencies, they might have used coal burners in homes or businesses. They had nuclear. I think the last two are bad ideas, but look at what they are facing, a brutal winter season.

Ukrainians are educated and they have applied scientific knowledge, they were a nuclear power before they agreed to give it up in exchange for ant agreement cited at DU.

They must know about climate change, and how wild the weather has been recently. They had to know of the danger of relying on another nation for fuels.

I am sorry to see a tragedy for those unable to heat their homes that could have been prevented with foresight. It's cooling fast in our milder climate, but we didn't get any effects from the drunken polar vortex. The winters in Ukraine and Russia look intractable in the steady cold that makes life so hard there. This should not be happening.