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When you look at actual numbers instead of glib sound bites, the argument starts to fall apart pretty quickly: In 2019, gas imports via pipeline cost Germany $
by sonotathrowaway 4y ago
When you look at actual numbers instead of glib sound bites, the argument starts to fall apart pretty quickly:
In 2019, gas imports via pipeline cost Germany $30 billion, representing only 0.75% of its GDP, and the overall value of the country’s gas consumption was below 2% of GDP.
[https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/german-economy-low-energy-intensity-russian-gas-supplies-by-daniel-gros-2022-08 https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/german-economy-...]