Germany scrambles to keep up gas supplies | DW News

The fallout from Russia's war in Ukraine has pushed gas prices in Europe to new records. Future contracts trading in Amsterdam saw sharp increases when Russia invaded Ukraine in February and more hikes when it reduced deliveries to Europe. Last year, Russian imports accounted for more than half of gas deliveries to Germany.. with almost a third of gas demand coming from the industry and just over 40 percent from households.
Political leaders in Berlin say they are doing all they can to replace Russian gas with renewable energies. But that will take time. Last year, Russian gas deliveries accounted for almost 500 million Gigawatt hours of energy - so far this year only 3-and-a-half thousand gigawatt hours were added in solar, and only one-and-a-half thousand in wind energy.
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[@Max11B]

Only if someone told you this would happen like 3 years ago.

[@Supersupra87]

Mr. Donald Trump xD

[@PeterSedesse]

Trump is probably the dumbest US President in our entire history, yet even he saw this coming.

[@user-eg1kz9og7s]

@@Supersupra87 Trump wanted exactly the same what is happening now. To demolish the German industry and to force Germans to buy the American LNG. Both to make America great again.

[@kathrynrobertson7923]

Doesn’t anyone in Germany own a history book? What in the world did you think Moscow would do given the chance? China will do the same any time they need to. Study your history, nothing exists in a vacuum!

[@lylestavast7652]

makes an inquiring mind ask "I wonder what he knew already back then from behind doors conversations with RU" ?

[@niconie6464]

No friends forever only eternal interests

[@1973lanyun]

It's a pity that this German government, like a pig, didn't understand such a simple truth!

[@pix178]

Nord stream was German interests, they do not think about East Europe, but geopolitics chance 180 degree.

[@saba1030]

@@pix178 Germany is forwarding natural gas to various countries like Ukraine, Poland, Tchechia, Austria and others. Ah, and: its the largest money giver in the EU. And the second largest donor country worldwide including humanitarian aid.

[@reddragon100]

@@1973lanyun i do not think Germany have the strength today to go against USA will

[@reddragon100]

@@saba1030 Total foreign aid given by germany was 20 billion. So, I do not think even if germany stopped all that, it will make a big difference

[@peacemaker83411]

The worst is to come unfortunately 😕

[@mumetalu1798]

😏

[@freespiritable]

Serves germans right for having let Russia come this far. It's their own achievement. And to think they were joking and sending helmets at the beginning.

[@bluemoondiadochi]

"you cannot separate between climate security and energy seurity, and focus only on climate security. you cannot achieve climate targets without meeting the requirements of energy security first." she's right in this respect. and this should become a focus of political discussion.

[@msxcytb]

Hi. There are ways to achieve both at the same time if decisions are not based on ideology (radiophobia and "back to the nature" romantic ideas incompatible with modern life). France solved carbon intensity of electricity production (climate goal) and national security(inflation generating and unstable fuel from foreign countries)-in very short period of time. They choose quite correct technology. At the same time they got cleaner air, less pollution in water and biosphere and most important CHEAP and RELIABLE power. It is perfectly possible to repeat that story and should be easier now (newer technologies, CAD systems, SMRs which are now becoming commercially available).

[@CombuskenKid]

Not true. Just use nuclear, France has more energy security and climate security than Germany precisely because it invested in Nuclear.

[@nikkid4890]

​@@CombuskenKid Amen!

[@HedgehogZone]

France is importing german energy because the nuclear reactors are not working! So no you are wrong!

[@nikkid4890]

@@HedgehogZone On July 22, 2015, the French Parliament adopted the Energy Transition for Green Growth bill, which establishes several environmental and energy goals including reducing the percentage of electricity produced in France from nuclear fuels to 50% by 2025, from 71%. Perhaps this will explain why France imports?

[@dannyboy8850]

A cold dark winter is coming along with recession. 😭😭😭

[@cemonmail7458]

WINTER IS COMING

[@dannyboy8850]

Is this a planned event? Did we know this was happening? It is worth it?

[@michaelsrowland]

Everything will be fine in the south of Spain

[@SahilP2648]

@@Just_another_Euro_dude it's freezing temperatures in Germany if I am not mistaken

[@Nick-kn6il]

Never knew coal was renewable 😂

[@mooskamoo]

Sure is, takes a few million years though.

[@shiva6271]

Plant charcoal is renewable

[@saba1030]

It will be used only temporarily, don't worry! As an emergency back up in the Winter time.

[@irustv7674]

next summer will be hotter because green energy :)

[@saba1030]

@@irustv7674 The German solar parks recently produced more energy than all French nuclear power plants together. Not even talking about German windmill parks here. Btw: nat gas used for proceeding things like steel, glas, paper, medical units, Aspirin, dairy products etc. In the near future nat gas will be replaced with green hydrogen. The coal power plants will be only temporarily used as emergency power back ups in the winter.

[@MrGeometres]

@DW News, I think the numbers at 1:20 are wrong, I think it should be ~500.000 GWh in gas. (Germany imports ~5000 GWh gas per day). Also, the graphic should make it clear that for gas it is the imports whereas for renewables it is the capacity increase this year.

[@janos5555]

I did a quick google search and I think you are correct.

[@canilaughinyourface2556]

DW news should correct it

[@lebohang8405]

That wasn't an error. It is by design. Propa-Ganda

[@MrGeometres]

@@lebohang8405 Eh, never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.

[@ErikB605]

Even worse thats not russian gas but total gasimports. Russia accounts for about half that.

[@thamesshylock5626]

Germany has succeeded in making Ukraine's problems its own.

[@jonybe5854]

Good people do that

[@duncanmacleod7287]

@@jonybe5854 Yea let me sacrifice YOU for the greater good while I dine like a king. Such good people!

[@andresvalverde5182]

@@jonybe5854 No, Baerbock is not a good person. She's just repeating dogma while openly admitting not caring about the German people at all. She literally said that Germany is responsible to protect Ukraine (it's not) and no matter what her German peers (and people) say, she has to contribute everything she can to secure a stable east.

[@marioskapetanakis]

@@andresvalverde5182 no european country is responsible for Ukraine.everyone will eventually quit this war and Ukraine will fall like a domino .and i would love to see that.

[@ErikB605]

@@andresvalverde5182 You do realise that Baerbock and Habeck did actually increase their popularity according to polls. Maybe when you say 'the german people' you just mean your own little bubble?

[@islandwarrior0311]

"Reliance on a single foreign supplier can leave a nation vulnerable to extortion and intimidation. That is why we congratulate European states such as Poland for leading the construction of a Baltic pipeline so that nations are not dependent on Russia to meet their energy needs. Germany will become totally dependent on Russian energy if it does not immediately change course." - President Donald J. Trump (September 2018 U.N. Address)

[@Itisinthehand]

The German delegates were seen laughing at Trump when he warned them this way.

[@danielhutchinson6604]

@@Itisinthehand Many Americans laugh at Trump, for all of his foolish suggestions. But some very "intelligent" people who seemed to graduate from his piss poor education program, continue to support him? People still go to Carnivals too......

[@Itisinthehand]

@@danielhutchinson6604 Was he wrong on this issue regarding Putin weaponising gas supply?

[@danielhutchinson6604]

@@Itisinthehand Apparently not? Was the Biden promises of sanctions on Russia before the 2020 Elections a premonition ? Or Is Biden just that brilliant? I believe the US State Department has the Copyright on the phrese, "Weaponizing Energy" ? The US seems to like to mention the concept, but they always seem to fail to mention that the effort to drive Russia out of the Gas business began before the 2014 US assisted Maiden Uprising? Russia has Resources, LNG costs more before you put it in a very exclusive boat. I assume that the US does get overlooked for their role in creating Weaponized Energy? I rank it right up there with the Recipe for "Yellow Cake"........ How about that Domino Theory?

[@MrGhostclick]

This is a good example of a case when it's not enough to have money.

[@msxcytb]

It is reality check for whole world. Hope that it is critically evaluated.

[@blueplanethand]

Start collecting firewood. Good luck Germany

[@TheAllMightyGodofCod]

You do realise that we actually do that a lot in Europe, right? You do realise that a lot of houses have heating systems that used wood pellets, systems connected to the internet, that you can control remotely, with smart thermostats and centralised heating for the whole house, using next to nothing, right?

[@sunrae3971]

Good luck in Siberia, comrade.

[@heygeggan]

@@sunrae3971 not sure they have any firewood left in Russia 😂

[@utubewatchinhesk]

You guys didn't want it anyway, how are going to complain?

[@austinw2234]

Why would we want to use gas from rapists and murders? This year will be a tough year but after this year it will be better for Europe. And Russia will suffer the consequences of war.

[@truthisdifferent5965]

Germany benefited a lot from cheap russian gas, shouldn't be given any more cheap gas

[@truthisdifferent5965]

@geranienbaum that is due to many reasons like too much spending,price speculations,green policy etc,Germany foolishly breached the trust that was there for many decades between Russia and Germany for America's callous behaviours,Herman politicians don't understand that they are being played by American politicians,German politicians are so foolish

[@ericeandco]

Russia’s has wasn’t cheaper than anyone else’s.

[@truthisdifferent5965]

@@elayesexe America's costly gas is imported by Germany,German politicians are foolish, Germany is now doing extreme anti Russia things,how can Germany be that foolish,so any gas should not be given

[@relaxingsounds6168]

Electric cars powered by coal power plants, brought to you by the geniuses of the Green Coal-ition.🙂

[@wannabewallaby1592]

"Germany to increase reliance on renewable fuels" (restarts coal plants) oh wow I guess coal "plants" are green too.

[@Masterrunescapeer]

Well, the coal plants they are "restarting" are only supposed to run in the middle of winter if needed, and then shut off again when not needed. They are also kind of useless since needed for heating, not electricity, energy generation will probably be fine in the winter, it's the heating systems that will be the interesting bit.

[@axelv1753]

@@Masterrunescapeer Yeah..who needs energy in the winter? Not a lot of consumption that time of year....

[@Masterrunescapeer]

@@axelv1753 what? My comment is specifically that coal plants will probably only be brought online in the winter if needed? Right now they're not needed and aren't running, for the ones that have been shut down.

[@yasminesteinbauer8565]

You understand the difference between temporary emergency solutions and strategic planning?

[@drmodestoesq]

Well, the coal is organic matter. And used to be green plants.

[@N7-WAR-HOUND]

You make a bed you sleep in it. Germany put itself into this

[@Garium87]

You are right. Germany should have NEVER been dependent on Russia. We can only learn from that and find alternatives.

[@TheAllMightyGodofCod]

I would rather sleep in a nice German bed than in a russian one... And I really mean it, I would rather spend a winter in Berlin or wherever in Germany with no gas than in Russia.

[@Loreless]

@@TheAllMightyGodofCod I spent the whole winter in my shorts due to good heating

[@N7-WAR-HOUND]

@@TheAllMightyGodofCod Russian beds of full of aids anyway but seriously elect some better leadership

[@danielmocsny5066]

The world is interconnected so everybody else is sleeping in Germany's bed to some extent on this. For example, Russia is financing its war of aggression by selling fossil fuels. Everybody who chose to build their economy around fossil fuels is helping to maintain the price that Russia gets, even the countries that don't buy any fossil fuel from Russia. We've known since forever that fossil fuels are the preferred commodity for supporting dictators, autocrats, and terrorists. Yet everybody keeps flying and driving with fossil fuels. La de da de da.

[@MrBigsmallguy]

At this point I think Germany can get attacked by Russia directly and they would still talk about how they have no choice but to buy Russian gas.

[@DanA-nl5uo]

I am wondering how they plan on getting Russia to supply fuel for NATO'S war machine when they go to war.

[@mac-xk1ec]

thats the irony..no russian has the plan to go to war against german,russians never treated germany as enemy but why would u provoke the russians???u reap whay u sow

[@NewPipeFTW]

@@DanA-nl5uo Do you think russia will have any tanks left - till they reach NATO Borders? They cant even cross ukraine without getting their vehicle stolen by farmers 🤔

[@SerginhoPMoura]

@@DanA-nl5uo I'm wondering how many minutes could Russia withstand a war against NATO 🤔🤔 I would say 10, at best...

[@DanA-nl5uo]

@@SerginhoPMoura don't worry they have a big military industrial complex to make more

[@Astarath]

was silly to shut down the nuclear plants wasn't it?

[@istheyear-ry1el]

the fearmonger is legit. 99 accidents happened in nuclear powered plants out of 440 nuclear power plants around the world while there are only 33 accidents in oil rigs out of 1,309 operational onshore oil rigs around the world.

[@squirepraggerstope3591]

SHOULD'VE listened to those who warned you about the risks of over-reliance on Russian gas, eh? While closing nuclear plant in a mindless fit of absurd eco-driven panic wasn't TOO bright, either, was it?

[@anteeko]

exactly all that was predictable...

[@MarlonSardini]

Especially the stupidity of trying to shut down all nuclear power plants is mind boggling

[@Alfadrottning86]

who warned about it when the gas partnership was established? You ARE aware that this has been a partnership that lasted about half a century, right? A partnership on interdependence .. which works perfectly fine elsewhere. Hindsight is great .. but i highly doubt you are in possession of sufficient facts to ride the high horse there.

[@MilkyWay-oz5ct]

TRUMP WAS RIGHT ! Now germany is 🤡🤡🤡

[@TheAllMightyGodofCod]

Captain hindsight! I missed you!

[@nukiolbartes6279]

Would be interested to see the breakdown of number, energy usage by various industries vs households

[@bfelten1]

In most north European countries it's around 30% household and 70% industry.

[@psnaris]

So Germany is going to replace pipelines with pipe dreams. It is not just a matter of LNG terminals, it is the fact that LNG is far more expensive. As far as nuclear fusion is concerned, I have been hearing about that since the 1960s-- still no sign of it. Solar energy may work in Botswana but in Europe? As for wind energy, which do you prefer, food farms or wind farms? Meanwhile, cheap pipeline gas will be flowing to your main industrial competitors. Does not sound like a promising future.

[@drunkenpumpkins7401]

South Korea relies on LGN for decades as their only gas source. So it is quite doable.

[@psnaris]

@@drunkenpumpkins7401 South Korea has the infrastructure in place.

[@TheAllMightyGodofCod]

Oh Willie.... Poor Willie... Have you been to Europe? Do you know we have lots and lots of sun and produce an insane amount of solar? Say, do you have any actual experience with solar? Do you know that if you try to produce electricity from solar and the place is hot like Botswana.... You may even end up getting less energy than at a colder place like Germany?

[@TheAllMightyGodofCod]

And Willie... Oh Willie.... Willie.... You do realise that those "competitors" that are getting cheap gas are actually producing a lot of what we would call "German stuff" and that cheap gas is actually going into BSH, VAG, Mercedes, BMW etc manufacturing facilitied outside Germany, actually making their profits go up?

[@danielmocsny5066]

Botswana is pretty far away from Europe. If you're looking to Africa, the Sahara desert is much closer and has enough solar resource to power Europe. However, I would start by building out the solar potentials of Spain and Italy. They're in the EU and are closer, thus simplifying the transmission problem and reducing political risk. The problem, as always, is cost. With fossil fuels you don't have to pay the cost of the future damage you are inflicting on the biosphere by dumping durable greenhouse gases into the shared atmosphere. This makes fossil fuels appear cheaper to the consumer than they actually are. Most people lack morals, so they go with whatever appears cheapest on the price tag.

[@CommeradeZhukov]

What do you call it when you are affixed to an object by an incline plane wrapped helically around an axis.

[@danielmocsny5066]

Screwed, LOL.

[@PC-oi4kj]

Germany shouldn't have laughed at Trump when he warned them four years ago. Not laughing now.

[@ankushbhoir5996]

It will take years and not a while...

[@DanA-nl5uo]

Only so long as the ff industry gets to control how goverment spending is allocated. WWII showed how quickly the world can change manufacturing capacity if we choose.

[@theresaadams7143]

Decades

[@theresaadams7143]

@@Number__00 to be honest,, she's right. It will take decades to be green. The technology is still being developed and is not reliable wind stops, rain stops, water recedes, sunlight diminishes. This is reality. Yes, you don't want Russia's gas, that's ok, it's your perogative. . But know that switching from fossil fuel regardless of it's source will take many years.

[@Billy_Almighty]

US: Sit, Roll, Stay! Good Dog! Good Dog!! (German Shepherd)😂😂😂

[@williamsmith1741]

To move away from fossil fuels "It will take decades and not years." France started its energy transition in 1974, and by 1982, just 8 years later, it had reduced CO2 production from electricity generation by over 68%.

[@graveperil2169]

good long term planning following the first energy crisis can not fault France for that

[@michaeluvarov2373]

diminishing returns

[@ToeKneeOooo]

It's called nuclear energy lol

[@btrue2day]

and you ignore the problem of nuclear power stations dumping hot water into the rivers and seas causing environmental damage

[@ToeKneeOooo]

@@btrue2day Pick your poison man. Every energy system has a cost.

[@asiankitchen5294]

As Hungary PM Orban stated if EU sanctions are hurting EU more than Russia then it's complete madness. US is more than happy to see Germany crumble economically as the former can maintain political control on the latter when it comes to geopolitical issues.

[@neodym5809]

But the sanctions aren’t hurting the EU more than Russia. This is a lie. Russian economy -4%, EU still growing.

[@katrinagarrett9612]

@@neodym5809 😆 🤣 😂

[@asiankitchen5294]

@@Number__00 Germany was enjoying huge trade surpluses with many countries in Asia including China. There was a huge concern in the US that Germany would integrate further in the EURASIAN economies which would weaken the transatlantic link. Hence the US had to act and push Ukraine into a conflict with Russia by dangling the NATO membership carrot. As a result of Russia's military operation the US had no problem convincing Germany to stop the nordstream 2 and to impose sanctions on Russia. So in this regard the US achieved her geopolitical objective by drawing Germany away from Asia. Also the US is now able to reap huge profits by exporting LNG and weapons to western NATO members. The US planning already started in 2014 when the CIA orchestrated a coup d'etat in Kiev with support of the Ukrainian nationalists. Since 2014 US trained Ukrainian troops and supplied them with all the necessary military equipment. Sadly none of the EU members have the guts to admit that they are being used by the US to achieve US geopolitical objectives. Zelensky is just a US puppet who is sending thousands of men into a war they cannot win.

[@lylestavast7652]

I'd like to see a special on how end uses are being evaluated for changes - to liquid fuels, to heat pumps, improved lighting etc... and what alternate fuel/equipment is being used to shore up ....

[@jmi5969]

Is it really possible to install a heat pump in Germany? My understanding was that if getting an air conditioner permit is next to impossible, installing an air-to-air HP (a glorified AC unit with even larger external unit) is just as difficult. Not to mention deep bores for geothermal HP.

[@ErikB605]

@@jmi5969 Not true. The government even supports installing an AC with 25% and a further 10 if it completly replaces the old heating solution.

[@yasminesteinbauer8565]

1:12 What are these numbers supposed to be? Are you deliberately trying to create a false impression here? Or did you accidentally add three zeros too many to the gas figure? In 2021, Germany consumed about 548,333 GWh of renewables and 913,333 GWh of natural gas. Just over half is Russian gas, so around 500,000 GWh. The figures shown are either sloppily researched or intentionally misleading to create sentiment against renewables.

[@duderRechthat]

Was just thinking, those numbers cant be right

[@Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo]

I think 40% is Russian gas.

[@yasminesteinbauer8565]

@@dmitryisakov8769 This does not change the fact that the gas number has too many zeros and the graph is completely misleading without further explanation.

[@danielvilliers612]

Thought the same, this can't be true as it would mean reneables aren't even 1% compared to Gas.

[@fenirine]

Yeah, something is wrong with those numbers for sure. 500PWh (500MGWh) would be enough for ~20B detached homes. Sure, Germany is a nice industrialized nation and all that but that's a bit too much..

[@vasilispatsalidis5683]

Really.? Scholz, Baerbock, and the rest of these clowns are looking for gas, really.

[@vasilispatsalidis5683]

@@davidnoelfranks1124 At best, they are deranged people. At oworst tbey are trsitors of thrir cou try,

[@alivwilliam4579]

No chance. Its end of Europe! Chao))))

[@Humanaut.]

As a German I'd say industry should come first. Healthy industry = long term well being of the nation. Individuals can sleep with thicker blankets and wear more sweaters or a jacket inside. Industry can't produce without gas.

[@cajunstrat]

Wow, they have convinced the masses to do with less, all in order to "save the planet". It is all built on false narratives, junk science and outright lies. We are not in a "climate crisis", never was.

[@Humanaut.]

@@cajunstrat you didn't think or didn't read carefully or both. I never mentioned climate or green politics or anything of the like.

[@jlee4039]

Oh no, I can see Germany reneging on its promises soon. Germans talk a big game, but always fold at the first sign of difficulty.

[@E3ECO]

This is why energy diversification is so important. You can't rely on one source too heavily, or it makes you vulnerable.

[@1290DR]

It is less about the diversification of the enery "medium" it is rather about the diversification of the energy "supplier"... You can diversify as much as you want if you take it all from the same supplier (which is almost inevitable since the number of potential gas suppliers on this planet is rather tiny and most of them the germans (among most other western societies) decided not to like) you end up exactly where you started.... Germany is an export master which can't produce its own energy, welcome to "dependence" - never bugged anyone too much

[@anarabbasov8634]

Why it didnt make vulnerable during past 30 years?

[@E3ECO]

@@anarabbasov8634 It did, but just because you're vulnerable to something doesn't mean that something will bite you right away.

[@E3ECO]

@@1290DR It's both. Diversification protects you in two ways: It protects against any one supplier holding your economy hostage, and it protects against any one type of energy failing to meet demand.

[@anarabbasov8634]

@@E3ECO but energy is not like routine products, fossil fuel is scarce.

[@decaesaris5093]

No other way to stop russia's expansion than to become energy independent

[@jebbo-c1l]

@@deruntergangvannederland1868 renewable and nuclear energy, insulating homes, building district heating, installing heat pumps, investing in cycling/walking/public transport

[@sictransit7779]

Yes, and deindustrialised!))

[@krishnachaitanya1220]

Russian expansion or NATO expansion 🙄

[@decaesaris5093]

@@krishnachaitanya1220 RUbot, we asked & waited for 9 years to be accepted in NATO. No country country asked to be invaded by russia.

[@decaesaris5093]

@@davidnoelfranks1124 If russia "has all it needs" why does invade all its neighbours for centuries ?

[@DanielHYNg]

This is really bad. Need to look for more relevant alternative to have a more energy efficiency.

[@antlerman7644]

As a nation you shut down your nuclear plants, then became reliant on russian gas in a spectacular failing of foreign policy. Sadly reaping what you sow. I just hope it doesn't result in any German citizens freezing to death this winter.

[@lawrencekling8598]

Sadly, I agreed

[@Valerio_the_wandering_sprite]

The Germans I regularly meet in Hamburg are quite chubby and some extra cold won't bother them that much.

[@harmless6813]

@@iliasorokin2456 You missed some prefixes. Specifically un- and ir-.

[@abhisheksamanta1]

@@harmless6813 Nopes, it's un- and ir-

[@harmless6813]

@@abhisheksamanta1 Ops. I'll fix that, thanks!

[@AgentSmith911]

Germany shutting down nuclear energy is very ridiculous

[@PlayingwthCreation]

War is knocking on the door, for safety.

[@Me-hz8rf]

Its ok uncle Sam to the rescue, Germans anyways used to take shower once a month so no need for more gas.

[@captspiff6922]

Update: Germany's Natural Gas storage caverns are at 75%, with a goal of 85% by October. So that normally sounds great. Except that when the "draw out" period begins, in prior years with 100% Nordstream-1 supply, that draw-out required was small. This winter the Nordstream-1 will likely remain at 20% levels, so extra draw-out of the storage will be at crazy levels. No one thinks the storage caverns will have enough to get Germany thru the winter 2022/2023. If Germany gets lucky with a warm winter, those cavern storage levels will finish at ultra low levels, so even harder to get filled next summer 2023. Therefore even a worse scenario for winter 2023/2024. ........This will not end quickly for Germany or their economy.

[@msxcytb]

That's what putin counts on. He expects for EU to bend the knee this winter. That cannot happen though. One way he will not be able to cut gas to EU is if he is so very desperate for money that it will be unimaginable even for him (=stronger support for Ukraine to get to this stage on the battlefield, fighting to reduce oil price globally so that revenue is lower for putin to). And keeping working NPP running will help also- with restart of all NPPs where technically possible.

[@istheyear-ry1el]

@@msxcytb Russia has no problem supplying gas for eternity to Germany IF Germany did not participate in political driven sanctions against Russia. It's like you're having a war against the supplier of your bullets

[@istheyear-ry1el]

wrong, even with 90% - 100% full storage capacity and 100% flow from Nordstream 1, the draw out will take AT LEAST 40%-50% from the storage. So dark time ahead in Germany and I mean it literally.

[@Thorsten_Wiegand]

@@istheyear-ry1el : That is incorrect. Our gas storage has a capacity of 24,6 Milliarden Kubikmeter. In 2021 Germany bought 55,6 Milliarden Kubikmeter from Russia. Do the math. Don´t forget, that we still get gas delivered from Norway and the Netherlands, which is around half of our total consumption. (Germany used a total of around ~100Mrd Kubikmeter Gas in 2021 and ~44 Milliarden Kubikmeter of that came NOT from russia.

[@user-im7tn1yh9c]

@@msxcytb You are so funny)). You worry about Russia's profits more than about the EU. It's up to Russia to sell or give to whom. Russia has always lived in extreme, it is no stranger to it. People are used to difficulties. In Russia, one door will close, another will open.

[@graveperil2169]

the UK is exporting all it can to the EU for storage limited by the max capacity of the pipeline

[@Robert-cu9bm]

That's because the UK can't store it.

[@saba1030]

A friend near Nottingham told us that the Uk has energy problems/ shortages itself?

[@graveperil2169]

@@saba1030 mainly just high prices, although there was a shortage of wind

[@saba1030]

@@graveperil2169 Isn't there lots of wind around the Scottish coasts?

[@graveperil2169]

@@saba1030 normally lots of wind across the whole UK hence all the windfarms but this year not a lot of wind

[@u4ttube]

The anchor finds the need to highlight time n again that "Germany is trying"

[@AlexanderVollmer]

Demand dropped, industry changed back to mineral oil, storage fills faster than expected, new LPG terminal will replace Northstream2-pipeline, power plant capacity based on gas is cut by 50%. Private households are investing massive in solar energy and heat pumps. If everybody reduces his consumption, there will be no shortage and a big step towards zero emission done.

[@jm7476]

That's the spirit! , seems like 1 steep back ( and maybe it's ,on the short run ) but really 2 forward on the long term. Households, while better for the long term , don't even need to install a solar/heat generation right now (can they?.. make it in time before winter?) .... Households could switch to electric energy, just by buying electric radiators/water heaters/kitchen plates,etc (Maybe help people to buy new electric appliances with public funds for this time) I mean, that way you could have almost all % of NG reserves dedicated to industry (by freeing % needed to hoseholds) All this WHILE industry is switching to mineral oil, and save the day for this winter (maybe next also)

[@AlexanderVollmer]

@@jm7476 the largest industrial consumers still have the ability to switch to oil, bc they used it with the same plants less than a decade ago and switched to the better available gas, and many systems are dual use now. They kept the option if oil gets cheaper, when demand will drop with more renewables, cars going electric aso. They became flexible and resilient. Currently the storage is still filling up ahead of schedule, demand from private households on an historic low and not bc of the hot weather, but people are switching hot water from gas to electric. And still the windfarms are still deactivated on sunny days, because the production of electricity would be higher as the demand, and that with the shutdown of French nuclear power plants. Like the wheat price now dropping below last years level, gas price will plummet bc people and companies will achieve the goal and reduce and replace a third on the European level. That's more than Russia was selling the last three years.

[@jm7476]

@@AlexanderVollmer Great info and insights, thanks for sharing.

[@internetw4nk3r74]

I would like to see that dream of yours manifested, the sooner the better. Since those all expensive alternatives will only make your products no longer competitive in world market. It's the right time for german to lose its economic power. It has been so strong and its citizens to enjoy wealthy prvilege for far too long It's time for other to take over. Auf wiedersehen, germany.

[@AlexanderVollmer]

@@internetw4nk3r74 , that's there you get it wrong. The contracts with the Netherlands and Norway are long term and much cheaper than Russian gas. An dindustry was already on the jump to natural grown carbohydrates, the so called bio fuels, they are on the way to zero emission and this is just preponing something already planned. And the worldmarket is on the same way. Without a zero emission certifcate 80% of consumers world wide wouldn't buy a car or another hightech product. German and European industry is not dependend on decision of the government, they are already far ahead on saving the climate. Some like VW and Stellantis are prone to abandone combustion engines at the end of the decade.French luxury automaker DS goes all electric in 2024. The fascist Russian heist in Ukraine is an accelerator for along overdue development. But it would be cynical to thank Putin for this, too many people in Ukraine have to die. And if you ask why Germany is wealthy and will stay wealthy - it substituted a lot of energy production with renewables, no longer in need of importing fossil fuels worth 150 billion USD per years and keeping that money inside the country for windfarms, solar farms and energy storage and all the profits which come from those. And the very low cost of renewable energy helped to keep energy prices down. Production prices half of nuclear power plants make German industry and trade more competetive than ever. My company reduces energy cost with a solar roof and battery storage down to 3.2¢/kWh and is taken from the grid completely.

[@Startrance85]

Maybe Germany shouldent have made it so relient on Russian gas in the first place, imagine having your own source of power delivery.

[@tbd-5160]

Germany will be fine. It won't be much of a winter anyway. Put on some clothes & buy more bedding. It'll be alright, don't freak out. It's how we've done it for 2k years.

[@Willxdiana]

And as Goethe and many say. Germany is a bad place to live unless you call it home. Now going without a modern world of gas

[@mernkanthri3941]

will it work in office buildings?

[@tbd-5160]

@@mernkanthri3941 If the office building has electricity, than buy a space heater.

[@tbd-5160]

@@Willxdiana I'm not sure the one who wrote Faust is the best positive playwright for this specific topic.

[@Willxdiana]

@@tbd-5160 it just means it’s a hard place to live in without all the modern stuff

[@RiDankulous]

There's no shortage of gas in this household but I eat 70 grams of fiber daily. 🤪

[@whos8069]

polluter : }

[@emsscha777]

CONSEQUENCE OF YOUR SANCTION. CONSEQUENCE OF YOUR INTRUSION.

[@deusexmachina9217]

Germany should have gone the India way i.e. should have thought more about their people than giving into international pressure.

[@Shifty_]

Wow yea too bad we don't live like Indians. A real shame.

[@Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo]

Be glad you survived Covid and the heatwave this summer.

[@theresaadams7143]

Germans are being asked to be unsanitary. They were told to take less showers, do not use warm water when washing hands, and in the winter there will be community heating centers where germs and diseases will spread. The government wants people to die.

[@SlimJongUn]

@@Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo Hope you won't freeze this winter

[@Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo]

@@SlimJongUn Gas supply for households is secure, and many have other forms of heating.

[@Flair978]

Germany simply cannot survive without Russian gas! Let’s not pretend.

[@u.p.1038]

Of course they can.

[@sofuno863]

households come first yeah, then these industries spike the prices of their products and hit the households XD I think households won't mind getting a lil bit cold to save money

[@dryohanamwandamd1857]

Germany was blinded by USA 🇺🇸? Sometimes it’s better to mind your own business

[@briantitchener4829]

There are still some countries left that despise tyranny and are willing to act against it. Seems like you don't belong to one of those.

[@Brightly1122]

👍👍 incredible !! Now then talk about other alternatives 😆😆 Are so called "alternatives" supposed to be already in placed, as part of "ukraine adventure" strategy ? If now then start to panicky looking for quick sources, while playing "blaming Russian gas blame", this is called too late & if the people cannot see through this "Lies to their faces" by govts, then well.....

[@jamessilvester9077]

This is Germanys fault. They should have planned for issues with Russian gas. They should have also paid the agreed 2% on military that they signed up to with NATO and not lean on other less wealthy NATO countrys to support security.

[@ShadowHawk99]

Germans are cheap

[@jaja3359]

@@defcreator187 He is right, if anyone is to blame its Germany itself

[@kesscarlton8759]

Germany should have not linked with Anglo-Saxons. Trouble everywhere they go.

[@hakunamatata1880]

Imagine if Germans didn't shut down nuclear power plant. Or just don't follow Shroeder's policy when he resigned from being Germany's Chancellor to be on Gazprom Director Board in 2004

[@Born782]

@@defcreator187After taking your meds go finish your breakfast 💩

[@stephenburke8059]

Its seems that the transitioning is whats causing the shortage its all self inflicted

[@Garium87]

No, it is inflicted by a war Russia started. Or do you expect Germany to just do nothing while a democratic neighbor gets invaded by a dictatorship?

[@DG-fn7qg]

They did it to themselves. Real smart relying on your enemy for critical services.

[@itzcoatlmedina1952]

Russia is not Germanys enemy. They built Nord Stream 2 together. This is U.S desition.

[@DG-fn7qg]

@@itzcoatlmedina1952 I pretty much agree with you. Germany didn't have to go along with the sanctions. Because they rely so heavily on another country (in this case russia) they're screwed.

[@randomguy7175]

Why is America funding the war by buying Russian Uranium!?

[@Androude]

The picture with energy numbers is very very misleading. Comparing total gas with badly pronounces "added" renewables makes an impression that renewables are so small and completely incapable of replacing the gas. But it is just inertia in adding new installations and the share of renewables is significant - this is a real and helpful picture which we need to push for faster installation increase.

[@andrewareva4605]

Easy solution. Turn on Nordstream 2. Solved. Tell me this is a self-imposed problem without tell me it's a self-imposed problem.

[@istheyear-ry1el]

their daddy USA won't let them 😂

[@Thorsten_Wiegand]

@@istheyear-ry1el : USA had nothing to do with our decision to end Nordstream 2. If Rusia wouldn´t have attacked Urkaine, Nordstream 2 would have been finished even though the USA didn´t want us to (which is correct). The only one to blame is Russia.

[@Thorsten_Wiegand]

It´s not a self-imposed problem. It´s Russias decicion to start a war. End the war. Then the problem would be solved.

[@andrewareva4605]

@@Thorsten_Wiegand You are a fool if you think ending the war would end sanctions. Strange how India that never imposed energy sanctions isn't suffering from massive oil issues. Isn't India actually making money selling refined Russian gasline back to Europe? :D Turn on NS2. Drop self-created sanctions Germany made themselves to themselves. Get cheap Russian energy. Problem solved overnight. Recession over.

[@prajullas]

Ask your Boss in US to find a solution.

[@user-qy8dj3fv9d]

Right you are

[@Tobi-ln9xr]

"Your boss“ that’s the reason why Germany bought and still buys gas from Russia? You also don’t have a basic understanding of geopolitics. Germany is the 4th most powerful nation in the world, while India may have a bigger military but also no running water and certainly no education. You have a boss and they are sitting in Brussels and Beijing.

[@dm9078]

Does anyone remember who was chancellor when the world was warning Germany not to do anymore business with Putin?

[@eveleung8855]

The world was warning? Sorry the world outside of collective west don't even bother with whatever warning, we are still happy doing business with Russia.

[@unojayc]

Just shows you shouldn't trade with your enemies only your friends.

[@kuromikendall]

The more you love your decisions, the less you need others to love your decisions. ♡

[@jayw6034]

If we're talking decades anyway, Germany should invest in nuclear plants. It's hard to overstate how good nuclear is as a green energy source. It's just hot rocks turning a turbine by making steam, and the tech and practices are unbelievably safe these days in regards to the nuclear waste.

[@KJSvitko]

Nuclear energy is too costly and too dangerous. They are just targets for Putin.

[@jayw6034]

@@KJSvitko they cost a lot up front, but they are good long term investments, especially since Germany is concerned about energy security. And they definitely aren't dangerous. Nuclear waste doesn't take up that much space and as long as the US has Rammstein air base in Germany there is no way Putin or anyone is going to be targeting Germany.

[@KJSvitko]

@@jayw6034 Fukushima and Chernobyl are still spewing poisons into the environment and will be for hundreds of years. Every nuclear power plant ever built is storing nuclear waste and will do so FOREVER.

[@neodym5809]

Well, France is currently screwed due to its over reliance on nuclear, of which 50% are in forced shut of. Additionally, Germany uses gas to heat, not for electricity. Germany is an exporter of electricity.

[@jimk8520]

@@neodym5809 the only reason uranium reactors were (and still are) the preferred method of creating power is because they also make weapons grade plutonium in easily separable quantities. If the world would get off the bomb kick and spend this energy on thorium designs, ….

[@yesremember]

Salt storage may get problem with low pressure.

[@melindacleath7548]

Where are you from

[@engineeringfarmer3230]

Anyone else wonders where the fart came from at 3:11?

[@user-nf1zz9rq4x]

The German father told his young son as he was about to use the shower " only use cold water.'' " Why ?'' asked the child. '' Because of the sanctions to punish Russia " replied the Father. The youngster thought for a moment & then asked " are we Russians ?''

[@chumunroshan7629]

Nice

[@DisruptiveWealthCreation]

Renewables in Germany will take time because they have been sitting on their hands for too long and focusing on Nord stream.

[@ghtwghtw7197]

When you choose the wrong ally. Now pay the price.

[@danielwoldu1855]

Nothing can replace Natural gifts

[@nsebast]

German people are willing to brace cold winter without heating as long as Ukraine join NATO.

[@frankrenda2519]

ukraine will never join nato

[@M0butu]

Nope, we don't.

[@bfyrth]

Yes Ursula will go without heating

[@ferdomravec1520]

It beats Russia coming closer with their imperial ambitions. Also note that electricity supplies are solid thanks to coal and nuclear since whole EU has interconnected electricity grids and not all nations were as naive as Germans.

[@sha22276]

@@ferdomravec1520 I was told that cutting russian gas would be good because it would speed up renewables, why bring up coal? Also why are you against imperialism when the national identity of European nations is imperialism? That's who you are. That's what you have been doing to the world for centuries.

[@mweskamppp]

Turning away from fossil fuels is not easy. despite the russian gas thing, we hope to be without coal in 2035, maybe 2030. Without gas that might take until 2050 or 2060.

[@michaeluvarov2373]

it's time to speed up, or without gas could be much earlier :)

[@anotherelvis]

The current problem is that too many Europeans use gas for residential heating. We need to end up in a situation where gas is mostly used as a backup energy source for electricity production.

[@michaeluvarov2373]

​@@anotherelvis it's used for heating because of energy density though. You could use heat pumps, which was pretty expensive to setup. But costs of running were similar, until now. Though now heat pumps installation costs would go up. The best is to invest in insulation for badly insulated houses to reduce overall consumption.

[@anotherelvis]

@@michaeluvarov2373 Heat pumps are great, but the problem is time. We don't have enough heat pump production capacity to solve the problem before next winter, so next winter will be tough.

[@michaeluvarov2373]

@@anotherelvis and even with pumps we need electricity for them. DW, make a video on insulation classes.

[@NA-sr8tr]

Goodluck finding cheaper gas than Russian, and goodluck trying to pass on those increased costs on consumers and goodluck staying in power.

[@abodabalo]

"Cheaper" is not a goal, anymore.

[@rudolfs_amm..5375]

This winter is going to be rough

[@rajlowkie6616]

There's a WHOLE world 🌎 of ENERGY out there GERMANY 🇩🇪, do not feed your enemy.

[@joebloggs7389]

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

[@SkankHunt-iz1nl]

Yes there is, and the biggest owner of land and resources is Putin.

[@istheyear-ry1el]

WHOLE world LOL funniest joke of the century. The world already pegged to their energy suppliers firmly if EU seeks to buy from another source it will disrupt the supply chains even more and yes THE WORLD cannot satisfy EU demand AT ALL

[@paulskiye6930]

Asia put emphasis on energy security. Yes, they got their priority straight.

[@boathemian7694]

It’s like nobody thought this through?

[@avrilstacy3133]

Turn all of your gas hotwater heaters to just pilot light untill you need to heat the water.

[@wahtusy3519]

Russia has the whole of Europe on chokehold...

[@msxcytb]

Here is free tip for Germany. Keep existing nuclear reactors running (for the remaining of the life as would be determined by proper engineering, not ideology). Restart 3powerplants that were switched off last December (when politicians in NATO knew exactly about the war coming from terrorist state of russia). That will let you redirect lots of NatGas toward other uses. No need to thank me(and many others who voice similar mesage).

[@Masterrunescapeer]

Nope, restarting nuclear would be extremely difficult and take years for all the safety checks, by that time renewables would have kicked in. The issue is also not only electricity, it's heating which is not electricity based for a lot of the systems, nuclear wouldn't matter.

[@justsomeguy1141]

They shut them down when they knew the imminent risks! Ideology over practicality all over the West. Germany is now the Kremlin's b1tch

[@minifalda6611]

Population control

[@msxcytb]

@@Masterrunescapeer who says that it is so difficult exactly? Sending Euros to Russia should be morally difficult and demanding eu solidarity while discarding obvious solution because of ideology should be intolerable. Reliable power will be needed this year an likely as long as humanity lives on Earth. Non polluting and sustainable.

[@Masterrunescapeer]

@@msxcytb what do you mean who says? I just answered that the entire safety check etc. would take years if you just kept reading the sentence. Renewable is reliable, not going to start that argument with someone who's blind enough to think nuclear is not polluting considering the nuclear waste that will have to be stored for thousands of years.

[@my_feed_online3747]

3:12 best fart ever

[@thewatcher364]

same people saying they will Bycott Russia Gas is now complaining that Russia is not sending gas to them.

[@River.Rock.Expedition]

Yes, here's X... for you, not gas! They refused, the train left, now there is someone to sell it to - to ASIA! Scholz jumped up! * Да вот х... вам, а не газ! Отказались, поезд ушёл, теперь есть кому его продавать - в АЗИЮ! Шольц допрыгался!

[@Mic_Glow]

Industry and households can go full electric but you'd need 30 nuclear power plants to do so. Solar and wind are a solution but not THE solution. Solar is only viable in summer and wind in spring/ fall, and that's not guaranteed. Meanwhile in winter when electricity demand is highest you get couple hours of lackluster sun and low/no wind.

[@msxcytb]

Some time ago Germany made 100gigaEuro increase to military budget. IMHO if that money would go to new Gen3+ nuclear plants that would scare putin more. 16GW of new generation would mean that equivalent of Natgas and coal would not need to be purchased "newer" again.

[@Mic_Glow]

@@msxcytb Sadly Germany needs both... years of neglecting the military and years of neglecting power because of cheap russian gas

[@msxcytb]

@@basilmagnanimous7011 You are right. Crazy times that things like that are also needed. Right now the only country which uses Nuclear terrorism is putins russia- occupying and teasing NPP with guns. Yet the world didn't use even IMMEDIATE stick of stopping all imports from russia UNTIL plant is safe and demilitarized.

[@bjohnson1489]

@@basilmagnanimous7011 one clown with a hunting rifle can shut down the grid in a afternoon. It's the least secure facilities in the country

[@Ati-Maharathi]

Sanction the country which provides you gas just because your stepdaddy says so, then criticise those who dont follow you 'off the cliff'. This is what germany doing.

[@karolkupec2044]

Our family never heated the house in winter only cooked food for a short period of time using scraps of wood and we were just fine.

[@anotherelvis]

How did you heat water for baths?

[@user-im7tn1yh9c]

Your "firewood" is also from Russia ((( Russia is the largest supplier of these firewood. Now they will not be supplied either, prices will soar for those that remain.

[@KJSvitko]

Wind and solar can be produced locally and do not need to be imported.

[@theresaadams7143]

But what if the winds stop blowing, or the sun is covered by clouds all the time. This is happening now. Even the rivers are drying up on the Rhine and in Italy affecting hydro electric power and transportation of oil gas coal and other supply chain products.

[@cybourne5910]

Germany is a very rich nation, I am sure if the price is high enough, there will be no shortage of LNG supply.

[@reddragon100]

what about industry and exports.

[@stuartemmanuel3735]

Are you living in a fantasy world?

[@SimFoxSim]

well it seems you are somehow involved in this world oldest profession, I mean journalism ... Of course... Those who pay you can do with you as they please, no doubt.

[@stefannantz]

We need to start talking about possible breakthrough of fusion energy when covering energy

[@jebbo-c1l]

no that wont be commercially viable for many many decades

[@acidbot666]

Europe will sure have frozen solid well before fusion is commercially viable! But Europeans can obviously burn their doors and floor wood for heating waiting for such Breakthru!

[@TheAllMightyGodofCod]

Stefan Nantz why should we be talking about an unproved hypothesis (very, very unlikely hypothesis) when we already have the means to fight this problem? If you said we should send more money to fusion researche.... Sure.. why not, but discussing a thing that isn't even viable (yet) when we already have the means for solving this, would be a huge distraction

[@love__and__hope__]

There are simpler mechanisms - price / demand . Make fuel 3 euro per litre and those that can’t afford will stop driving . And high end professionals can afford few hundreds more on fuel

[@acidbot666]

@@realitycheck908 Takes decades to build and cost billions... Even refurbishing German ancient reactors to be safe to operate will take years and more money than Germans have invested sending weapons to Ukrainians to kill Russians! German people would have frozen solid well before any new nuclear reactor is ready for commercial operation. No one can fool reality!

[@SharhbiniRauf]

CRACKING GAS IS BETTER THAN BURN IT OFF

[@jayjohnson8353]

Ffs dont close any more power plants, coal or nuclear. We need to worry about climate later

[@elchicano187]

Nuclear electricity is the key 🔑

[@bfelten1]

Negatory. Nuclear energy is the key. That means, don't waste the generated energy on producing electricity with steam engines with less than 33% efficiency. Use the hot water produced at 100% efficiency if you want to heat your houses.

[@ShadowHawk99]

@@bfelten1 so how exactly are you pumping hot water across all of the country...? ROFL

[@berg8970]

@@ShadowHawk99 Several German cities have a central heating system. Go ahead and continue to laugh now fool.

[@u.p.1038]

Why is everybody repeating this nosense? Germany needs gas right now to heat houses, nuclear power doesnt help with that.

[@nikolagajic8013]

@@berg8970 Ok, so what is all drama about then?

[@ishkel]

It would take decades to move from gaz to renewable energy, as they said. This means never! It took few decades to move from fundamental ecological problem how to remove horse manure from the cities to convert all cities traffic from horses to mechanics. A problem itself has been dramatically changed.

[@JediMik]

this is not about ecology now

[@ishkel]

@@garyfredrickson2301 My point was that in ten years of time span, ones idea about problem and ways for it solution may drastically changed. For example, with after current crisis greens would never gain political power again.

[@muhammadhanif4113]

Our sin is let this petro industry thrive for almost a century

[@Humanaut.]

The graph shown at 1:30 is complete rubbish. Whoever put it together is either deliberately manipulative or plain incompetent. Both are bad. You compare total gas gwh with the amount of solar and win ADDED THAT YEAR. Wth? You're comparing apples to oranges.

[@namur-iq6ih]

EU electricity double. Power prices across the EU jumped to a fresh record high on Tuesday, as natural gas costs climbed further on falling supply from Russia, data from the European Energy Exchange AG shows. Benchmark day-ahead prices in Germany advanced to €490.79 ($497) per megawatt-hour, from June’s average of €218.03, according to market data provider Nord Pool. The current prices are almost six times higher than in August 2021. The EU’s energy market is rattled by fears over whether power plants will be able to provide enough electricity this winter amid the tightening gas supply. Gas prices in the region have quadrupled this year, driven by the drop in deliveries from Russia due to Ukraine-related sanctions and technical setbacks.

[@michaeluvarov2373]

and this is still summer :(

[@odril]

The European dependency on gas is a direct consequence of the reduction of nuclear power generation capabilities. It's not "renewables vs. nuclear", it's "fossil vs. nuclear".

[@PaulV.]

Russia is the largest manufacturer of Uranium and nuclear fuel in the world as well. Even the US cant afford to ban Russian Uranium for their plants now.

[@michaeluvarov2373]

More like gas allowed to pass populist laws against nuclear

[@yasminesteinbauer8565]

Germany has never generated more than 6% of its energy from nuclear power. The idea that we could achieve 100% nuclear energy is completely out of touch with reality.

[@michaeluvarov2373]

@@yasminesteinbauer8565 140%

[@odril]

@@yasminesteinbauer8565 It is not about 100% nuclear. Rather, 60% PV+Wind and 40% nuclear. We have to replace fossil with nuclear. Storage does not exist in sufficient quantities. Germany had significant more than 6% prior to 2004. Fact-check.

[@perrycomeau2627]

she's all over the map without solutions.

[@demiller74]

It's called the oil furnace, you run it on fuel oil or #1 diesel.

[@drmodestoesq]

Pellet stove. Runs on old wood waste.

[@melindacleath7548]

True …. Where are you from

[@jciamretired9767]

She hits the nail right on the head regarding energy security and climate security. The regular citizens in Europe have to suffer because the people in charge didn't plan for the energy security for the future the last few decades. When you depend on someone like Russia, you are at their mercy. It's like the musical chairs. Russia is controlling the music while the European countries are all struggling to get to the chair first.

[@wicked1172]

Climate security, political B.S.

[@randomguy7175]

But Clown America still keeps buying Russian Uranium, because of its needs..

[@wicked1172]

@@randomguy7175 Clown Hillary Clinton sold American Uranium mines to Russia.

[@Squamousepithilium]

This country is well developed and advance in technology, atleast by now they should be independent on gas and fuels on other countries. It would been real smart if they did it earlier.

[@Adenrux0]

Government can give out balloons to citizens and collect farts and combat gas crisis this way.

[@Masterrunescapeer]

A lot of it was due to the grid infrastructure, they are like 5 years behind on it, so lots of renewable they already have has to be curtailed; lots of wind renewable is in the north, but most heavy industry is traditionally in the south/west where lots of coal plants etc. were which got replaced by gas plants.

[@eveleung8855]

Do enlighten me which country which has no natural resource but with high technology capable of achieve the energy independent, Japan? Korea? Italy? Demark? Do name it.

[@kentershackle1329]

Not every country is blessed with energy deposits underground, Germany shouldn't hv sanction Russian energy to extend it would hv hurt itself? you can take care of yr own citizens and still support Ukaraine same time..ya know.

[@TheAllMightyGodofCod]

@@kentershackle1329 so, now we are just a bunch of selfish people, just thinking about ourselves and not caring to the suffering of other people? Is that what we became? No. If we do this and sanction russian is not because it is easy, comfortable or good for us, it is because it must be done to save people in Ukraine. We are better than that.

[@nikolamijailovic599]

Make sure you buy a lot of blankets

[@trini203]

If only some crazy fool had warned Germany that this would happen.