Nord Stream Stuff

Whodunnit?

   I have no idea...but the teams seem to be lining up as usual... Those over on the left seems to be saying it was Russia, those on the right saying it was the U.S. Pretty hard for me to believe it was us...but, then, I don't really understand anything about the issues. The fact that a U.S. Navy aircraft flew near the site of the rupture a couple of hours after it happened doesn't seem like good evidence of U.S. involvement...at all. For one thing, we'd have to know how often Navy planes routinely fly in that vicinity. Nearby...around the time of...that's just too much wiggle room--unless there's colateral info to the effect that, say, flights in that vicinity are rare.

   It seems to have emitted a helluva lot of methane...which is very bad. I've heard near 500k tons this says 100k-400k. Methane, of course, is very bad qua greenhouse gas, trapping a lot more heat than CO2 and, if I'm not mistaken, decaying into CO2 as well...

   Also, doesn't it seem like the blowback would be extremely damaging if it were the U.S.? OTOH, the tangible damage to Russia...assuming it's significant...would seem to be evidence against them doing it...

   But, really, I don't see how non-experts can even guess about this intelligently.