tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202630.post113694278961426632..comments2023-06-23T16:13:12.577+03:00Comments on Neeka's Backlog: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202630.post-1136999334194241762006-01-11T20:08:00.000+03:002006-01-11T20:08:00.000+03:00Greetings Neeka, At this time last year in Pidhajt...Greetings Neeka, <BR/><BR/>At this time last year in Pidhajtsi, I was exasperated by the total wastefulness as per natural gas consumption in a small west Ukrainian town. Most homes in Pidhajtsi got gas lines only 7 years ago, and in order to heat the rooms of their houses that are out of reach of the pichka's (tile covered heating stove)heat, people have been hooking up ovens to the gas mains. They either light all the burners and run them full blast, or they turn on the oven and open the door. When temps dip down to negative 15-20 degrees (and one day it was -24), that's a hell of a lot of gas being burned. <BR/><BR/>These rooms did not need to be heated, by the way. They hadn't been 7 years ago, and there were other rooms with heating stoves. It was just nice to have them heated, a convenience.<BR/><BR/>Thus I was not at all surprised when I saw on TV that Ukraine was ranked as the 5th highest consumer per capita of natural gas in the world. I have been meaning to write about this on my blog, but I could not find any info on the internet, any rankings by country of gas consumption per capita. Where did you find your figure that Ukraine is 7th? <BR/><BR/>Of course, the important question here is whether individual household wastefulness alone makes the figures for Ukrainian consumption so high? Probably not alone, but it symptomatic of the very widespread wastefulness of Ukraine's infrastructure and industry. In individual terms, Ukrainians could very easily be more conservative in their consumption, and a higher gas price certainly is a good mechanism. This is the best argument for raising the gas prices, which personally I am not against. But I am very much so against the way that Russia is doing it, and against the way that the YuGov has surrendered any influence in Central Asia and independence in negotiations for Central Asian gas. <BR/><BR/>Good luck getting some sleep! My own little one is waking up an average of 6 or so times a night, which is a total change from her first 6 months, during which she slept, in an unusual way for a babe, through the night while waking only once. You are doing a great job keeping up with your writing! <BR/><BR/>StefanStefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00913779662275547638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202630.post-1136977935980463682006-01-11T14:12:00.000+03:002006-01-11T14:12:00.000+03:00pora has defined their position on their sitepora has defined their position <A HREF="http://pora.org.ua/" REL="nofollow"> on their site</A>petrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04245449454813272018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202630.post-1136959837516906212006-01-11T09:10:00.000+03:002006-01-11T09:10:00.000+03:00Hey,Is it true that if your house burns down in Ru...Hey,<BR/><BR/>Is it true that if your house burns down in Russia/Ukraine that you lose the rights to the land? Do fires happen often and strategically as a result?<BR/><BR/>WanabehumanAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05576443246417117204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202630.post-1136947945401513552006-01-11T05:52:00.000+03:002006-01-11T05:52:00.000+03:00From what I have been told by my wife , we are sel...From what I have been told by my wife , we are selling huge amounts to some countries that have a hard time buying .<BR/> What is also driving me nuts is we are in the process of buying another house in Ukraine and moving back in the near future. Thankfull it is the Western part of Ukraine.I will be a hillbilly again. Gotta love it.The Rangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383736768486746269noreply@blogger.com