> In natural gas; https://www.forbes.com/sites/annalisagirardi/2018/12/12/grow.. https://www.forbes.com/sites/annalisagirardi/2018/12/12/grow.... > However the

> In natural gas; https://www.forbes.com/sites/annalisagirardi/2018/12/12/grow.. https://www.forbes.com/sites/annalisagirardi/2018/12/12/grow.... > However there is no strong dependence: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davekeating/2018/07/19/how-depe.. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davekeating/2018/07/19/how-depe.... > tl;dr: 23% of German power comes from gas; that 35% of that gas comes from Russia. That's a power dependency of roughly 8%. > Personally I don't think that's the same as being held entirely captive by a monopoly country as is the case when it comes to IT. > But, it's a fair point, I'll take it. Dependence used to be worse, this is result of efforts to lower it because Russia was using it as a blackmail tool. But I'm just nitpicking anyway, it's not the actual topic.