Posted on 04/02/2022 9:46:50 AM PDT by FarCenter
The heads of Germany’s large, energy intensive companies have warned against severe damages that would be caused by a stop to Russian gas deliveries. “If we cut off Russian gas deliveries, the repercussions will be dramatic,” Christian Bruch, CEO of Siemens Energy told Handelsblatt. For some industries, a steady gas supply is existential, said Bruch. “Just take the glass industry. Once the systems go cold, they're gone,” he said, adding that it was questionable whether the affected companies would invest in Germany again afterwards. Bruch said production without Russian gas would be possible by importing liquified natural gas (LNG) and building up renewables, but not immediately. Delivering LNG gas from terminals in the west to the east of the country would also be difficult, he said.
BASF head Martin Brudermüller even warned of an unprecedented economic downturn that could “submit the German economy into its worst crisis since the end of the Second World War,” he told Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. An embargo on Russian gas would threaten the existence of small and medium-sized companies in particular, he said, adding that it would take four to five years to substitute the Russian deliveries with other sources. At the BASF plant in Ludwigshafen 40,000 employees could be affected, in addition to many products that are needed in the value chains of groceries and medicines, he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at cleanenergywire.org ...
Just pay in rubles and it’s all good. 😕
German Chemical Giant Warns Of “Total Collapse” If Russian Gas Supply Cut
Then go get some rubles and quit supporting nazis. Simple.
This is the issue when you elect globalists, that want to destroy your economy and create chaos.
The Germans make a catastrophically bad strategic decision about once a generation. Now they have avidly embraced green lunacy and have turned away from fossil fuels and nuclear energy. Yet they badly need fossil fuels and have become dependent on imports especially from Russia. The Russians no doubt still hold legitimate grudges against the Germans for the crimes the Germans committed against the Russian people.The Russians, having willing other buyers for their gas and oil, are not losing much sleep not shipping gas to Germany.
Sanctions work on US, not them.
Well pay the Russians then, what’s the problem? America and NATO invade countries all the time and no one seems to care , no reason to get so upset when Russia does the same thing.
What I understand is...they pay to the Russian bank in Euros. Then that bank converts it to rubles.
So..WTH is the matter here?
They probably are getting annoyed at kraut support for the Uke army as well. Either way, the blockheads can just wear sweaters maybe?
apparently, german “leaders” shouldn’t have bowed to a handful of “green” nutjobs and surrendered their country to Putin without a shot being fired ...
How did the Germans keep the Holocaust Ovens going
during WWII?
Germans know how.
Israel has a huge supply of nat. gas.
Don’t know how prevalent the “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions” movement is in Kraut-land.
You are spot on.
As I recall, Trump warned them about this but being the greenie globalists they are, they ignored what was a common sense warning.
Yet, right here in this article, Christian Bruch, CEO of Siemens Energy says the long-term solution is “building up renewables.”
Don’t ask Biden for LNG...he doesn’t have any.
A conversion fee. It is better to buy rubles on Moscow Exchange.
SEVERAL TIMES but most especially at his, DJT, address to the UN General Assembly in 2019; "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." The German diplomats were seen laughing and scorning this speech.
But, but, but, they are nasty fossil fuels.
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