While I'd not add a moral judgement to it, it also was just really pathetic how they handled Nordstream. If there was a more shameful display of thoroughly compromised, outright vassal behavior in the past decade, it doesn't come to mind.

That about sums it up.

Someone once explained lignite coal to me thusly:

"And God said lo, let there be lignite, for bunker C needs something to be superior to."