Topic: Germans are looking to firewood for energy as natural gas prices soar - page 6. (Read 4254 times)

There's an update: EDF is asking French households and companies to consume less electricity, to prevent blackouts. And that's the problem with subsidizing energy bills: it takes away the incentive to consume less. Up until recently, governments would tax energy in order to get people to use less. Now they subsidize it, which is great for households but doesn't help the shortages.

I know the term "rolling blackouts" from California. Soon it may happen in Europe too.

Glad you're having fun. That you are slipping me some kind of charts, I am telling you about my personal feelings from my own life and the lives of my friends. The 2014 sanctions following the annexation of Crimea were far more painful than the current ones. At that time, the ruble more than doubled against the dollar and almost all goods and services more than doubled in price, including the necessary ones, which cannot simply be abandoned. Now goods and services from the category of essential ones have risen in price by 5-10%, and some have even fallen in price, which is why the sanctions are easily tolerated.

People in Russia don't have to worry that they won't be able to buy food or pay their electricity and heating bills. Do you really think that I should suffer a lot because I can't go to the IMAX cinema or buy a can of Coca-Cola? This made me laugh too.

I can't read most of it, and I don't know blick.ch, but it looks more like a parody than a serious website.

Chapter 7 Criminal Provisions
Art. 49 Violation of national economic supply measures
1 Any person who wilfully:

a. violates regulations on measures based on Articles 5 paragraph 4, 28 paragraph 1, 29, 31 paragraph 1, 32 paragraph 1 and 33 paragraph 2;
b. ignores a ruling based on this Act or related implementing provisions despite being notified of the penalties that may be imposed under this Article;
c. breaches a contract entered into on the basis of this Act or related implementing provisions despite being notified of the penalties that may be imposed under this Article
is liable to a custodial sentence not exceeding three years or a monetary penalty.

2 If the offender acts negligently, the penalty shall be a monetary penalty not exceeding 180 daily penalty units.

firewood has abundant stock and will never run out

I am confused. Why energy prices are so high in France? As far as I know, the French get around 70% of their energy from nuclear powerplants (and I am sure that they have spare capacity as well). They are not very dependent on natural gas. So why the prices are going up there?

BTW, I heard that the government in Switzerland is threatening to imprison people, if they heat their homes above 19 degree Celsius in the winter season.

BTW, I heard that the government in Switzerland is threatening to imprison people, if they heat their homes above 19 degree Celsius in the winter season. LOL.. I was thinking that the Swiss are more intelligent compared to the other Europeans. Seems like they are not.

https://www.blick.ch/politik/gfroerlis-muessen-im-ernstfall-bibbern-heiz-suendern-droht-der-knast-id17851055.html

Glad you're having fun. That you are slipping me some kind of charts, I am telling you about my personal feelings from my own life and the lives of my friends. The 2014 sanctions following the annexation of Crimea were far more painful than the current ones. At that time, the ruble more than doubled against the dollar and almost all goods and services more than doubled in price, including the necessary ones, which cannot simply be abandoned. Now goods and services from the category of essential ones have risen in price by 5-10%, and some have even fallen in price, which is why the sanctions are easily tolerated.

People in Russia don't have to worry that they won't be able to buy food or pay their electricity and heating bills. Do you really think that I should suffer a lot because I can't go to the IMAX cinema or buy a can of Coca-Cola? This made me laugh too.

There's an update: EDF is asking French households and companies to consume less electricity, to prevent blackouts. And that's the problem with subsidizing energy bills: it takes away the incentive to consume less. Up until recently, governments would tax energy in order to get people to use less. Now they subsidize it, which is great for households but doesn't help the shortages.

I know the term "rolling blackouts" from California. Soon it may happen in Europe too.

That's probably why France quickly capped energy prices and government pays EDF billions for it.

The problem with Germany is that one chancellor, a long time ago, sold out to the Kremlin, and since then, in every possible way, he himself, and having "connected" his "heirs" in his position, made Germany's industry dependent on Russian gas. Yes, in the total volume of gas purchased by Germany, gas from the country of a terrorist, in the total volume of purchases, is approximately 40%, and this part, which provides the industrial sector of Germany. You can check with the residents of industrial centers - even the infrastructure for gas preparation at enterprises is "tuned" to Russian gas. But this problem is solvable and Germany has taken the necessary steps to get rid of such vicious relationships and dependencies.

THE MINISTER OF ENERGY IS CRITICIZED FOR THE LATE START OF THE SAVINGS CAMPAIGN
An energy-saving campaign launched in Switzerland has also been criticized after Energy Minister Simonetta Sommaruga advised people to reduce their electricity use in winter by taking showers for two, although “it’s not suitable for everyone after a certain age”.
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While many have laughed at the advice to shower together, a Swiss official says it’s a suggestion everyone should take seriously, claiming he has changed his behavior since the start of the resource-saving campaign.

Let's see where their Electricity comes from: At the moment, they use 10% natural gas, 28% bio/wind/solar/hydro, and 61% nuclear (and I really like how they show live statistics!).

In Germany, the percentage natural gas is 14.6%. That's actually less than I expected.
So I guess the main difference is the percentage of gas France used to buy from Russia. That used to be 17% for France, and 55% for Germany. I'm not sure how accurate these numbers are, since Germany exports part of it again, but the difference is huge.

That's probably why France quickly capped energy prices and government pays EDF billions for it.

I read somewhere that Russians, almost the same as North Koreans, are living in their imaginary world that has little to do with reality, but this post of yours showed the extent of that illusion that even I didn't expect.

Just look at these graphs showing the impact of sanctions on the Russian economy:

(Sourse: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/infographics/impact-sanctions-russian-economy/)

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Yeah, "the economic situation is stable", sure.

This made me laugh. I read somewhere that Russians, almost the same as North Koreans, are living in their imaginary world that has little to do with reality, but this post of yours showed the extent of that illusion that even I didn't expect.

Just look at these graphs showing the impact of sanctions on the Russian economy:

Yeah, "the economic situation is stable", sure.

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In general, the economic situation is stable ~

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Putin is so brave to have a girlfriend and he has no shame in keep that relationship.
Had that in our country - the society would have not let that happen. What is going in the world is a circus too and USA and Russia are two clowns.

Lets take France as an example.

I know how French people make protests (they burn cars, destroy shop windows, clashes with police and etc.). They are not as disciplined as Germans. They are about to be hit with high utility bills, but they are quite silent.

The fact is that nothing depends on Russia. Believe me, what Russia is doing now is premortal convulsions. Russia has chosen for itself the path of an outcast country, this is half the trouble. But she is an international terrorist, and she will not be forgiven for this ... Remember "Greater Germany. Great Reich" ... But Russia is a pathetic parody of Germany of that period. The "Second Army of the World" is now running with tantrums and crap pants, throwing equipment, documents, wounded and killed, from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There was complete confusion at the headquarters, there was no army left as such, capable. And a large territory, 100 million bodies degraded and damaged by total false propaganda, the weapons of the last century - if not greatness, this is a collapse ...

PS Also, I do not exclude that in the coming days, weeks, months, there will be an internal coup, I do not exclude that the military, the generals. It is their idiot Putin and his girlfriend Patrushev who are trying to make them guilty for the failure of the "special operation". And the generals will be glad that Russia is cut into small pieces, and they are put in these pieces as "temporarily exercising power." They will introduce external control, for example, the USA / Britain / Ukraine. And all the resources of "great Russia" will go to pay reparations, and will cost a penny.

Can someone please explain, why Germans are so worried about gas and are looking for alternative ways to keep warm this winter, but the rest of Europe, lets say Italy, France, Switzerland for example, are rather silent about similar problem. As if Germany is the only one who is dependable from Russian gas? Why other countries are so silent? They dont care or scared to talk? They have alternative to gas heating (doubt that)? If yes, could Germany take their experience ?