Yeah, I'm sure the regular Germans want their energy bills to go up massively while the media incites us into another war. Thanks but no thanks
3,599,040,600 € wired by Germany to Russia since the invasion of Ukraine
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Re: 3,599,040,600 € wired by Germany to Russia since the invasion of Ukraine
#72Re: 3,599,040,600 € wired by Germany to Russia since the invasion of Ukraine
#73I don't know what the contract looks like; doesn't Germany have a legal obligation to pay Russia even if it were to stop LNG imports?
...and if Germany didn't honor that contract? who's going to litigate?
Where do they get their gas then? You can't change suppliers, it takes months if not years. Or should Germany go without heating through the winter?
Re: 3,599,040,600 € wired by Germany to Russia since the invasion of Ukraine
#74I wouldn’t doubt, given the nefarious consequences for Germany, that this site is Russian INFOSEC campaign. Germany cannot function without Russian gas right now. Simple there isn’t enough BTU’s. Why did Germany put itself into this strange Russian dependency is also very strange. Perfectly fine and environmentally friendly nuclear power plants for dependency from Russian natural gas. Why?
Have you heard about guy called Gas Gerd? He did amazing job lobbying Russian gas for decades.
Re: 3,599,040,600 € wired by Germany to Russia since the invasion of Ukraine
#75Re: 3,599,040,600 € wired by Germany to Russia since the invasion of Ukraine
#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
This person is a troll. For example here is one of their previous posts: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30681090 “Ask HN: Ukrainians, why don’t you surrender?”
That's not trolling, it's just not a popular opinion.
Not an appropriate question for HN though. Not that it makes a difference to their comment here, which is entirely reasonable.
Re: 3,599,040,600 € wired by Germany to Russia since the invasion of Ukraine
#77I don't know what the contract looks like; doesn't Germany have a legal obligation to pay Russia even if it were to stop LNG imports?
Isn't Russian under a legal obligation to not invade their neighbor and murder it's people and cities?
Re: 3,599,040,600 € wired by Germany to Russia since the invasion of Ukraine
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Even a child can understand why Europeans care about a war in Europe but not about a war in the middle east.
Re: 3,599,040,600 € wired by Germany to Russia since the invasion of Ukraine
#79Ok, so what is the solution you propose? Quit russian gaz cold turkey, today? Let people in Berlin freeze to death tonight? (Temperatures are 0 degrees C at night)
Maybe stop shutting down all their nuclear plants? That would be a good first step.
Except it would achieve absolutely nothing, because the vast majority of German homes are heated with oil or gas, not electricity.
https://www.cleanenergywire.org/sites/default/files/styles/g...
Re: 3,599,040,600 € wired by Germany to Russia since the invasion of Ukraine
#80I don't know what the contract looks like; doesn't Germany have a legal obligation to pay Russia even if it were to stop LNG imports?
...and if Germany didn't honor that contract? who's going to litigate?
i guess they could break the contract but then what would force russia into a new contract later on?