comment: >
  
  There is plenty of US, Saudi and Norwegian oil available.
context: Germany on Wednesday shrugged off Russia’s ban on oil sales to countries and companies that comply with a price cap agreed by Western allies, saying it has “no practical significance.”
  “I would not like to say that it’s irrelevant but it has no practical significance,” said an economy ministry spokeswoman, adding that Germany has been preparing since early summer to do without Russian oil. >
  
  Germany: you destroyed any reliance left when you blew up those pipes >
  
  Pretty much,
  on that day the general opinion in Germany about Russian energy went from "It's difficult" to "It's over" >
  
  Russia is busy pulling an Elon. >
  
  the reality is that much of the oil will still find it's way to banned countries, but with even less profit for Russia, and more for the middle men, who will then also have an incentive to keep Russia isolated.
  and the price cap was intended to reduce Russian profits while not depriving the world of oil, so Russia is playing itself. >
  
  Yeah Oil isn’t really that rare of a resource at the end of the day. Although it is funny that back in the 70s-80s the fear with fossil fuels wasn’t so much environmental but rather we would soon run out of fossil fuel sources. >
  
  Russia is showing their weakness.