Diet? Germany Pays a Horrible Price for Decades of Green Energy Madness – Rising Big With That?
Essay by Eric Worrall
As Germany faces extreme economic and social hardship, it is worth pondering the misery that the empty promises of green energy advocates have made.
Germany supports gas distribution, Europe is standing in the face of Russia’s stalemate
Via Joseph Nasr and Vera Eckert
- Europe fears Moscow will shut off gas supplies
- Kremlin says paying in rubles is a good idea for other items
- Kremlin says it won’t ask rubles for gas immediately
- Economic stagnation increases the risk of recession in Europe
BERLIN/FRANKFURT, March 30 (Reuters) – Germany activated an emergency plan to manage gas supplies on Wednesday, under which Europe’s largest economy could allocate strength if a standoff over Russia’s demand to pay for fuel in rubles disrupts or stops supplies.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday that nothing would change for European partners and that payments would still be made in euros and transferred to Gazprom bank, a German spokesman said. read more
Specifically, Putin outlined the plan in rubles in a phone call with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Draghi’s office said.
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INDUSTRIAL FIRST IN STORE LINE
Berlin’s unprecedented move is the clearest sign yet that the European Union is preparing for Moscow to cut off gas supplies unless paid for in rubles. Italy and Latvia have activated the alert.
German Economy Minister Robert Habeck has implemented the “early warning phase” of the existing gas emergency plan, in which a crisis team from the economy ministry, regulators and the private sector will be working. will monitor import and storage.
Habeck told reporters German gas supplies are now secured but urged consumers and companies to reduce consumption, saying that “every kilowatt hour counts”.
If supply falls short, Germany’s network regulator could allocate gas, with industry first to cut and preferential treatment for private households, hospitals and other important institutions.
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Who feels like opening a new business in Germany? When will wind power plants deliver the abundance and low cost that tree advocates continue to promise?
Who still believes that renewable energy is “cheaper than coal”?
All could have been very different. If Europe accepts nuclear energy and mining, it might laugh at Putin’s gas supply threats.
I would like to report that Europe has awoken from its illusions, but despite my initial hopes, the messages are still mixed. Politicians still don’t have the ball to admit they were wrong. Some coal sales have resumed, but not nearly enough. The public line is any resumption of fossil fuel infrastructure is only temporary.
Awaken Germany and Europe. You have a few short months in the summer to figure out how you’ll survive an upcoming power supply failure. The one-time chance your politicians have to atone for decades of policy failure is to get this right. Because if Russia’s gas supplies drop in winter, and you remain unprepared, some of your people will freeze to death.
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