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Anyone on social media these days is probably just surprised by the sensitivity of the Germans, which is almost embarrassing.
Energy prices explode, bankruptcies rise, companies stop producing because energy prices continue to rise and there is no point in producing below cost. Traditional companies such as toilet paper manufacturer Hakle are also in a tilted position.
German politicians
German politicians talk head to head on TV and document that in reality they are completely clueless and the “Bullerby faction” of ideologically charged journalists and economists even defend political sayings, even if they are saying utter nonsense.
Economic nuclear power plants are shut down, coal power plants are activated, and the results of the “energy stress test” are simply ignored or ideologically interpreted. CO2 emissions? They appear only marginally in the German media landscape.
power problem? What electrical problem?
Energy professionals across Germany are shaking their heads and calling for more solidarity. Norway and Sweden are already considering whether they should help with electricity deliveries in the winter, when the Germans are apparently trampling the European energy grid, for example by shutting down the latest nuclear plants or wanting to put them on expensive stand-by. It’s on, forgive me for the drastic words, the brainlessness can no longer be overcome. Nuclear power plants are kept in “reserve”, maintenance costs are paid, but they are not allowed to generate electricity during prolonged operation in order to earn money and help stabilize the grid. German “energy solidarity”, in other words.
(https://twitter.com/antonmsteen/status/1567523327752736768)
It is always the fault of others
And the French are fighting with their nuclear power plants. This is where the German energy path is most bizarre. On the one hand there is malice towards nuclear reactors that have been closed for maintenance or drought, on the other hand there are fears whether France will be able to help the Germans with nuclear energy in the winter when, with the probability at the limit of certainty, things will get difficult.
And with all this bad news and strange German events, the Federal Motor Transport Authority announces new records in car sales and electromobility.
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