One of the biggest events at the start of 2022 is the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Even my wife, who didn't care much about politics, watched the Russian-Ukrainian conflict every day, all kinds of analyses.
Russian-Ukrainian conflict
Leaving aside right and wrong (a country has no eternal enemies, no eternal friends, only eternal interests — Winston Churchill), and history aside (history is written by the victors, but the truth is known only to those who have experienced it — Joasim Piper), I am directly thinking of the inevitability of Russia being able to withstand round after round of Western sanctions before and after the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. And when we can complete the reunification of the motherland, this moment haunts the hearts of the sons and daughters of China.
Looking forward to reunification
Let's look back at the sanctions imposed on Russia, which have been hit on all sides almost every moment since the end of World War II. So why has Russia stood firm and achieved little in recent years? The root cause is energy sufficiency and self-sufficiency.
Russia is the largest country in the world and is extremely rich in resources, with 13% of the world's oil reserves, 1/3 of natural gas reserves, and 1/5 of coal reserves. The energy industry has historically been Russia's largest industry, accounting for about 25% of Russia's GDP, and it is expected that in 2019 Russia's crude oil production will reach 560 million tons and natural gas production will reach 740 billion cubic meters.
Russia is an important exporter of oil, gas, metal minerals and grain in the world, as of 2020, Russia's crude oil exports accounted for 11.1% of the world's total, ranking second in the world, of which about 50% exported to the EU and nearly 30% to China; in terms of natural gas, as of 2020, Russian natural gas exports accounted for 16.1% of global exports, of which about 45% were exported to the EU, and the main exporters were Germany, Italy and the Netherlands.
Russia has unparalleled energy endowments
Russia has self-sufficient energy and can export it to the outside world. This is its incomparable natural endowment. Looking back at the history of the Soviet Union, this is also the fundamental reason why the Soviet Union was able to form two levels of the world in those years.
The counterpart is the mainland, which needs to import 542 million tons of oil every year!
China has a lot of oil
In layman's terms, China's energy supply needs to be demanded. Russia, on the other hand, is one of the countries that have been asked for, and it is also the strongest one.
And the mainland's energy, the current energy self-sufficiency rate is very insufficient, we are very "moderate" in many international and domestic affairs, I think this is China's intake of bone marrow energy shortage anxiety.
If strength allows, who wants to be opportunistic
Imagine that once China operates like Russia unified Crimea, we will inevitably be sanctioned by the international community, which is mainly Western. Then our oil will face a supply cut, for strategic security, it is necessary to stop civilian fuel first, at this time all cars can not be driven out, the economy will stagnate. This is bound to lead to a great crisis.
Once there is an energy crisis, the economy will shut down
Since 2010, Mainland China has been promoting the electrification of automobiles in a step-by-step and planned manner, in order to maintain a certain degree of flexibility and resilience for our energy security when this day comes.
New energy car owners not only realize their environmental protection dreams, but also make great contributions to the country, thank us! Because it is a matter of whether we can successfully achieve national reunification.
I think that if the penetration rate of electric vehicles exceeds 80%, China becomes the world's largest new energy market, will completely break away from the shackles of fossil energy, and export new energy to the world, then all the problems will not be problems.
After 10 years of efforts, China has become the world's largest market for new energy vehicles
All in all, following the country's major policies will never be wrong.