Germany’s second most important source of energy is natural gas. We produce almost none of it ourselves, and yet it is crucial for electricity generation, for our industry, and to heat our homes. Prior to the Ukraine war, we got about half of our natural gas from Russia. Since the imposition of sanctions, the Russian regime has retaliated by reducing supply drastically; right now, the crucial Nord Stream 1 pipeline is operating at 20% capacity. At first Gazprom pleaded (disingenuously) that the reduced flow was down to routine maintenance. Germany responded by asking Canada to violate their own sanctions and return to Germany a Nord Stream 1 turbine that had been sent there for repairs. The Canadians agreed, and that turbine is now
Awoke this morning in a Polish city floating in a waft of mist and smog, in August. They've gone back to using way more coal than is good for human lungs. It used to be a Polish winter thing, now any sacrifice is worth it to "stick it to those evil ruskies!"
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Writing from France here.
Our government is a total disaster as well. Somehow they’ve managed to close half of our nuclear plants for maintenance at the same time after closing one permanently (Fessenheim). The agency that controls the safety of the plants said it was in perfect condition, but our “dear president” closed it because of an agreement signed between former president Hollande and former chancellor Merkel six months before saying that the nuclear energy is a clean energy and that we can’t discard it as an energy of transition to “renewable energies”. No wind no energy, no sun no energy. 🙃
As if it wasn’t enough, it seems that we are selling electricity to Germany and to another country I can’t remember as I write.
So, it seems France and Germany are selling and buying each other’s energy and both will face shortages.
All of it is done on purpose and NOT for our good.
Our ministers are telling us to turn the wifi off to save energy.🤡
germany's minister for interior (Innenminister) already ordered 100 satellite phones for police in addition to gas to heat policemen. They are preparing for civil war
Have to break the people so they will be grateful when World Government comes in to save them and tells them to be happy owning nothing. Everything can be rented from World Government but make sure your Carbon footprint is low and your pokies high in order to be "free" to purchase/rent from New World Order. Otherwise your accounts will be frozen.
I used to think the law of unintended consequences was what we are all facing right now. I no longer believe that to be true but instead we are facing evil straight up with purpose pretending to hide behind incompetence.
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I agree and sympathise but it seems reasonable of Gazprom to demand some assurances within a contract that the regular servicing of compressor-turbines (five still to do I understand) which is already scheduled (this was merely the first that got held up) will continue, guaranteed. To raise transit levels back up only to find the next c-t gets the same treatment and they have to wind down again is no way to manage a contract or a gas supply, given the supply end routing planning and is probably breaching contract. It has knock-ons in production and routing flows. It's serious engineering stuff and not merely something to be left to that organism called Trudeau to decide over his insectburger and kale smoothie while Germany awaits. Russia needs respect and a serious relationship as do we all.
All part of the plan to destroy western societies for one woke shit or the other. They tried and failed with covid, now the use the pretend Ukraine war. Next will be climate change.
I am an old man. Most of my life, I have operated with the base assumption that people take actions for good, to them, reason. Most of the time. If I saw someone doing something apparently irrational, my assumption was that they were doing it for a reason that I didn't understand--from their point of view.
Yes, people do stupid things, but my default belief was that there was a reason.
Now, I really wonder. WTF is going on? My mother used to say: "The whole world is crazy, except for me and thee. I am not so sure about thee."
I am searching Amazon for tin foil hats by the case.
Clean nuclear power. Why are we fighting this?
Cheer up. Destroying Germany's economy via artificial energy poverty will stop the weather from changing.
Awoke this morning in a Polish city floating in a waft of mist and smog, in August. They've gone back to using way more coal than is good for human lungs. It used to be a Polish winter thing, now any sacrifice is worth it to "stick it to those evil ruskies!"
Writing from France here.
Our government is a total disaster as well. Somehow they’ve managed to close half of our nuclear plants for maintenance at the same time after closing one permanently (Fessenheim). The agency that controls the safety of the plants said it was in perfect condition, but our “dear president” closed it because of an agreement signed between former president Hollande and former chancellor Merkel six months before saying that the nuclear energy is a clean energy and that we can’t discard it as an energy of transition to “renewable energies”. No wind no energy, no sun no energy. 🙃
As if it wasn’t enough, it seems that we are selling electricity to Germany and to another country I can’t remember as I write.
So, it seems France and Germany are selling and buying each other’s energy and both will face shortages.
All of it is done on purpose and NOT for our good.
Our ministers are telling us to turn the wifi off to save energy.🤡
Virtue signaling while freezing. Yeah, that’s the ticket….for the insane asylum.
germany's minister for interior (Innenminister) already ordered 100 satellite phones for police in addition to gas to heat policemen. They are preparing for civil war
i know we always say thing need to get bad before they get better, but just how much bad is needed?
Have to break the people so they will be grateful when World Government comes in to save them and tells them to be happy owning nothing. Everything can be rented from World Government but make sure your Carbon footprint is low and your pokies high in order to be "free" to purchase/rent from New World Order. Otherwise your accounts will be frozen.
I used to think the law of unintended consequences was what we are all facing right now. I no longer believe that to be true but instead we are facing evil straight up with purpose pretending to hide behind incompetence.
Isn't globalism grand?
re-open the three nuclear plants that were recently closed
"We've got an energy shortage! Citizens and even businesses are hurting! Sell electricity to France!"
Sounds like the US.
"Oil shortage! Citizens, farms, and shipping companies hurting! Open the Strategic Reserve and sell the oil to China!"
I agree and sympathise but it seems reasonable of Gazprom to demand some assurances within a contract that the regular servicing of compressor-turbines (five still to do I understand) which is already scheduled (this was merely the first that got held up) will continue, guaranteed. To raise transit levels back up only to find the next c-t gets the same treatment and they have to wind down again is no way to manage a contract or a gas supply, given the supply end routing planning and is probably breaching contract. It has knock-ons in production and routing flows. It's serious engineering stuff and not merely something to be left to that organism called Trudeau to decide over his insectburger and kale smoothie while Germany awaits. Russia needs respect and a serious relationship as do we all.
All part of the plan to destroy western societies for one woke shit or the other. They tried and failed with covid, now the use the pretend Ukraine war. Next will be climate change.
Any intel on why France did this off-lining of half its (granted, ageing) reactors for maintenance at this same somewhat inconvenient time welcome.
I am an old man. Most of my life, I have operated with the base assumption that people take actions for good, to them, reason. Most of the time. If I saw someone doing something apparently irrational, my assumption was that they were doing it for a reason that I didn't understand--from their point of view.
Yes, people do stupid things, but my default belief was that there was a reason.
Now, I really wonder. WTF is going on? My mother used to say: "The whole world is crazy, except for me and thee. I am not so sure about thee."
I am searching Amazon for tin foil hats by the case.