Recently the European Commission urgently recommended that all European Union member-state governments begin filling natural-gas storage facilities in preparation for energy cutoffs from Russia. If Russia's Kremlin-controlled energy monopoly Gazprom gets its way, such emergency measures may also become a reality in the United States.
In January, the citizens of Bulgaria suddenly found themselves without heat in the middle of a winter cold spell. Entire countries are normally only in such a position due to large-scale conflicts or natural disasters. But not this three-week deep-freeze.
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