Years ago, Merkel made a partnership deal with the Green party in Germany so that she could stay in power.
The Green party demanded in exchange that Germany shut down all of its nuclear power plants.
They had to fire up a great deal of dirty coal plants to replace that energy at first. They hoped to replace that energy with wind and solar, which was totally delusional.
Now everyone is suffering for this old German history.
Germany has turbines for its natural gas pipelines from Russia. They sent these to Canada for regular maintenance. Canada refused to send them back because of the new sanctions on Russia. This cut their natural gas supply by more than 1/3rd. Ukraine refused to service gas facilities for pipelines that went through newly captured territory. This resulted in a big cut in gas supply to Europe. With many countries struggling to fill the gap at once, the price of natural gas is skyrocketing in Europe
Not to worry. They’ll soon be in the dark. No one will notice.
Lignite, one step above peat.
The dirtiest coal there is.
Didn’t anybody think about this and plan for it ahead of time? Or are their politicians that incompetent?
Germany is the most significant manufacturing economy in the EU.
I think the only course of action now is to invade France.
> They sent these [turbines] to Canada for regular maintenance. Canada refused to send them back because of the new sanctions on Russia. <
Looks like Germany might have to declare war on Canada.
This is what happens when you listen to Greenies or Marxists (same difference). Anyone with a brain knows this, but the adults-in-the-room allow it to happen anyway. Sucks to be them.
Germany runs on natural gas. The pipeline is empty, and physically can’t get refilled until winter. I will be a disaster for the citizens.
“On Monday, the country recorded that imports outstripped exports for more than 30 years.”
Who writes this stuff?
"August futures on the TTF trading hub in the Netherlands jumped as much as 10%, reaching $1,722 per 1,000 cubic meters or $168.80 per megawatt hour in household terms [161.5 euros]."
July 4, 2022: "Natural gas on the Dutch-based TTF trading hub at one point rose more than 10% to change hands above 160 euros a megawatt-hour for August futures. A year ago the product traded for 22.4 euros."
December 24, 2021: The price of Russian gas for European countries under long-term contracts now reaches $250-300 per 1,000 cubic meters, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said in an interview with Rossiya 24 TV channel.
"Today, the countries that receive [piped Russian natural gas] under long-term contracts, Germany, Serbia, and other countries, they receive it at around $250-300 [per 1,000 cubic meters]," he [Novak] said.
“imports outstripped exports for more than 30 years”
What? I don’t get it. Are some words missing?
Reminds me of when I used to have to go out on the ranch to choose which Christmas tree I wanted, then cut it down myself.
(Not to mention the cutting of the firewood, usually already dead trees, to clear the area for new trees to be planted.)
ZIMBABWE re-do.
Before the dustup in Ukraine, Germany had some of most expensive electricity in Europe and perhaps the world. Average residential rates were in the 30 cents per kWh range. This was due in large part to the costs to build out their unreliables and the fact that they subsidized industrial electricity rates so that they could remain competitive with other parts of the world.
Angela Merkel actions were nothing less than criminal and she should be held to account for this travesty.
If Beer production stops no Politician is safe
The Greens are dangerous very dangerous
Yet somehow they can produce weapons for the war over Ukraine, the cause of their industrial downturn.
A couple of tweaks:
“They had to fire up a great deal of dirty coal plants to replace that energy at first.”
Most likely, “have” is a better term, as it takes months to put a mothballed coal plant into operation, perhaps many months.
“This cut their natural gas supply by more than 1/3rd.”
Initially the cut in Nordstream 1 was 40%, now it is 60%. All Germany and Canada has to do is return the turbines to Russia, and they’ll have 100%. I suspect they worried about Russia using their Western-built turbines to send gas to China or domestically, once they get the needed pipelines built.
The World’s Third-Largest Economy Is Facing A Looming Energy Crisis
Don’t worry Germany. Just off shore all your industry and know how to China and the third world. The USA did that and look how good it turned out for them. /sarc