This Week in Wijnjewoude 2022

Week 34  Gas prices rose again on Monday after Gazprom announced Friday that it would close the Nord Stream 1 pipeline again.  The price is 15 percent higher on Monday, at 283 euros per megawatt hour.  Due to the closure of the pipeline, no gas will flow from Russia to Germany from August 31 to September 2. One of the readers' comments - from NU.nl Marco1972 3 hours ago I wonder how much longer we will allow Russia to cause constant panic in order to get a higher gas price to fund its war.  Since many families are already in the cold of the winter because of the much too high gas price, it seems to me that a moment has come when we stop paying these absurd prices.  We are paying these prices because Russia has invaded Ukraine but meanwhile all of gas using Europe is financing the war for Russia.  Then put a stop there then with Russian gas until they normalize the prices again.  If we are therefore in the cold this winter, we will at least do it togeth...

Week 33 Drought Low water levels mean that inland shipping can transport considerably less freight. It also appears that the drought is continuing. Will we soon see empty spaces on store shelves? Will there be shortages at gas stations, as with the previous drought in 2018? And how will this affect gas prices? In recent months there has been so little rain that the water level is historically low. For example, the level of the Rhine at Lobith was at its lowest level ever on Thursday: 6.48 meters above NAP (Normal Amsterdam Level). Normally around this time of year it is 8.70 meters. Other rivers are also low. This from nu.nl One of the readers comments: I have been an inland skipper for 53 years and low and high water is really nothing new and something of all times. The problem is that the ships are getting bigger and the associated requirements are also becoming stricter, which are often no longer feasible for the smaller older ships due to the high costs that this entails. But many...

  Week 32 Drought and other thoughts A mixed bag this week. Slowly getting back to "normal". It was good to be back with the clients again - it's easy to forget sometimes that we are an important part of their lives. I caught up with my mowing, but it hasn't been growing much because of the drought. A lot of it is dead! Bookkeping uptodate. The nitrogen debate continues... The drought is a worry - with water shortages and added transport problems Gas prices continue to rise We picked up a lot of Ben's belongings on Sunday - he has sublet his apartment as he prepares to head off for 8 months! Bangkok, Australia, Mexico, USA (I'm not happy about that one). The drought seems to have taken up a fair bit of my reading time... About peat (Peat is a far greater absorber of CO2 than trees...) The pink/purple bits are " water and CO2 holding capacity in historical peat areas". Trees per neighbourhood A podcast about a (dramatically) failed attempt (in Scotlan...