Posted on 12/17/2022 6:50:24 PM PST by House Atreides
Germany’s gas reserves are emptying at record speed: 1% per day as the current wind/solar energy lull means more gas gets burned for electricity, heating.
Pleiteticker.de here reports how Germany’s natural gas reserves “are emptying at record speed” because wind and solar power have been on the scarce side over the past few weeks. This means gas turbines have had to jump in to pick up the slack in electricity production – not one the German government had hoped as it wrestles with the heightening energy crisis.
“Germany is converting gas into electricity in record quantities,” pleiteticker.de reports. “Thanks to high pressure system ‘Erika’, the current December is colder than it has been for years. […] In recent days, gas storage facilities have therefore been emptying much faster than before. From December 12 onwards, more than one percent was withdrawn from gas storage facilities in Germany every day.”
“Last week, almost one third of all electricity was generated from natural gas. These are record figures,” writes pleiteticker.de.
If the cold persists through the winter, gas reserves threaten to become extremely tight before spring arrives.
But instead of blaming the energy woes on failed government policies, federal network agency head Klaus Müller criticizes the situation on the consumers, and worries “the gas storage may not last the whole winter.”
“A national gas shortage in winter can be avoided if, firstly, the savings target of at least 20 percent continues to be achieved,” the Federal Network Agency says. Here the government’s solution clearly is that citizens should accept freezing even more when it’s bitterly cold out.
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That’s what you get for sanctioning Russia.
Does anyone besides me think this could be a way to salvage the US national debt? If the Europeans don't want to buy oil from Russia the US can step and become their supplier. Our national debt gets a dent in it and the Europeans get to keep the lights on while patting themselves on the back for not supporting Russia.
As far as I'm concerned the sanctions are a great opportunity for the US. We would be foolish to pass it up.
Spurning coal, laughing at gas...what the h3ll are you people thinking?
And we can’t wait to do the same.
The stupid burns...maybe use that to cook with?
The US is trillions in the hole right now around 30 trillion.
President Trump has called for 60 trillion dollars in reparations from China for causing COVID.
I think the trend in the US and other Western nations in the future will be selling off seized Russian assets and then yet to be seized Chinese assets to fill government coffers.
Cool. I know all about the story of House Atreides, the good Royalty that loved the citizens. Well this current Royalty of
Harkonnens is bent on total domination of us peasants by any means and that includes freezing into submission....
The Dark Ages are expected to visit Texas this Christmas in the form of cold and darkness.
The spice must flow...
Texas did little to mitigate a second occurrence of partial grid failure?
CONgress would just spend more and send more to the laundromat
BERLINFREEPER never did get back to me about how many trees would be left in German forests after a couple of cold gasless winters; you know the Bayerischer Wald, the Eifel, the Schwarzwald, the Harz, etc.
If you have no gas or fuel oil you burn wood to stay warm, at least I do.
And after everything was said and done, America chose Biden anyway
Talk about being dumb.
Land of the captive, home of the dumb.
The Germans didn’t know better but Americans should have.
Neanderthals will be neanderthals.
In this crazy world, the Swedish Meatball will always be the winner.
Guys this is easy! Just increase the reserves to 365%, then 1% a day works.... well until leap year..... mmmmmm maybe 365.25%. That will do it. 🤣
Over 31 trillion
And 173 trillion in Unfunded Liabilities
Over 204 trillion there
Deficit now growing at 3 trillion per year
If only they listened to Trump, and also used more coal plants… if only.
>>If the Europeans don’t want to buy oil from Russia the US can step and become their supplier<<
You fell asleep in history class, didn’t you?
Just as the US is the main financier for the Uke war, so will it supply the EU with heat at US expense until spring when temperatures rise and the Euroweenies can badmouth their benefactors again. The Euroweenies stay awake in history class.
I think the trend in the US and other Western nations in the future will be selling off seized Russian assets and then yet to be seized Chinese assets to fill government coffers.
First we have to retake the White House in 2024 because Xiden sure as heck isn't going to seize any foreign assets. Not sure a RINO president would either.
CONgress would just spend more and send more to the laundromat
We control Congress, or rather we will in January. Then we can pass reasonable budgets that reflect our economic reality. In the meantime anything that stems the tide of red ink is a good thing in my book.
Americans didn’t chose FJB. He was installed by vote theft.
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