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> This crisis and their response to it is a real test and it is probably going to be the decisive "did it work?" moment for me of the Energiewende to date. Ri
by realusername 3y ago
> This crisis and their response to it is a real test and it is probably going to be the decisive "did it work?" moment for me of the Energiewende to date.
Right now they are pushing to build more gas pipelines to replace Russia so I'd say no to that.
The lessons from the russian war have not been understood and this was such a big event that I don't know what else would help.
- ExoticPearTree 3y agoWhat's wrong with building more gas pipelines? Maybe they's build them towards the South and connect with Turkstream - and get a mix of caspian and russian gas from there. Also Germany is building LNG terminals, but they take time and LNG is more expensive than normal natural gas, so the only "benefit" is political because they can say "we're not buying from Russia", but nothing else.
- realusername 3y agoIt's wrong because gas is a fossil fuel incompatible with the climate goals and the countries providing it (Algeria, Qatar, Azerbaidjan...) are basically the same thing as Russia. And LNG is even dirtier. So it's a bad thing diplomatically, environmentally and economically.