Posted on 03/25/2022 5:25:03 AM PDT by GonzoII
Germany has made significant progress towards reducing its exposure to imports of Russian gas, oil and coal since Russia invaded Ukraine, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Friday.
Germany is trying to wean itself off Russian energy in the wake of the Ukraine crisis, but this is an uphill battle after decades of relying on Russia for energy supplies.
Habeck said imports of Russian oil now accounted for 25% of German imports, down from 35% before the invasion, and gas imports have been cut to 40% from 55%. Russian hard coal imports were down to 25% from 50% before the invasion.
“The first important milestones to free us from the grip of Russian imports have been achieved,” he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at globalnews.ca ...
Didn’t Trump try to tell them about this?
Germany walked themselves into that trap and now they need us to get them out????
We already KNNOW what that costs the Ukraine, but how much does it cost us???
Yep - but he was doing Putin’s bidding
These geniuses shut down their nuke and coal resources....just plain STUPID.
Didn’t Trump try to tell them about this?
VIDEO: Trump went to the UN and called out countries for relying on Russian oil
The German delegation was caught on camera laughing at him for saying it
https://rumble.com/vwps7b-trump-went-to-the-un-and-called-out-countries-for-relying-on-russian-oil.html
For you math purists, I realize this is actually closer to 37.5%
I laughed too. At the guy in the middles haircut.
Thats a great find that should go vital. Smarta$$ Germans delegation with the smirks on their faces. Idiots.
And they shut down their nuke plants. Idiots.
They’ve picked all the low hanging fruit. Now comes the hard part.....recommissioning nuclear and coal fired power plants, building LNG terminals, securing long term supply contracts for oil imports, securing alternative coal supplies - or reopening their own mines and digging their own again.
Let’s see if they’re grown up enough to make these hard choices.....and to shove it down the Gaia worshippers’ throats.
Yes and their diplomats at the UN sat around and openly laughed and giggled like a bunch of petulant grade schoolers.
I have a few questions for them. Ist es noch lustig jungs? Wer lacht jetzt?
Der der lacht am letzten, lacht am besten.
This is SO typical of German elites, you can’t imagine. I was an exchange student there both in undergrad and in law school. I grew up with the language such that they don’t realize I’m an American until I tell them....ergo I’ve heard what they really think. I’ve heard this from them since the early 90s.
They really do think they’re oh so much smarter and more sophisticated than everybody else - especially non western Europeans. They’re just sure of it. They’re incredibly smug about it. Of course the reality is that they are hopelessly naive and laughably wrong - often. For example they thought Reagan was a “stupid cowboy” and that actually winning the Cold War was a pipe dream and gosh, we’d all better get used to the Commies because they were here to stay and say, didn’t we really have some good things to learn from them, etc.
So after this latest German FACE PLANT, they will do what they always do.....get up, dust themselves off, pretend nothing happened and hope nobody notices what sophomoric IDIOTS they truly are.
.....and yes, my heritage is mostly German.
Since Europe has exploited most of their hydrocarbons, their choice is to be obligated to the Russians or the Moslems over the next couple decades. Longer term they can take the path France started on and go nuclear.
But, but, muh climate emergency.
“Since Europe has exploited most of their hydrocarbons...”
Europe is sitting on a 400-year supply of coal.
Yeh, til next winter. 😆
Wow your post is very informative .
Everything you described , is the smug European attitude that we Americans see.
And it also is the smug liberal attitude in this nation.
In reality they really aren’t good at making the world work. They just don’t see that.
This clip of Trump is about the most perfect illustration of that that exists .
Not EU Europe. Maybe if you include Russia and Ukraine.
https://www.worldometers.info/coal/coal-reserves-by-country/
Germany has more coal reserves than Ukraine.
(See your link for numbers)
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