Wolfsburg is were Volkswagen car's are build, I believe their workers usually get new car's on the cheap. Could that be a reason why it's ahead?

Which is about the same as both sides held in October. Hard to imagine sometimes how many lives are spend each day to change or keep those lines.

Add demand for hamburgers and guns per child and you have the most American statistics post seen here.

Any proof of statistical relation between what you've shown? That would be better then just overlaying two graphs.

Spain, Netherlands and Belgium have large port facilities for oil and gas throughput. My guess what is likely happening is that goods get transported further into the remaining EU states but are not officially registered as sourced from Russia, creating a semi-black market. That, plus filling the national gas reserves, has driven up imports.

I wouldn't look into it too much. If we get an oil pricecap and maybe also a soft winter the values of Russian imports will plummit.

A, I love assorted lengths of cord