Germany voluntarily divested from Russian gas for political reasons. If Germany was run by more “rationally greedy” business men I’m sure Russia would have happily kept trading with them despite the war. It’s probably why certain mysterious actors cut off nord stream 2, to make sure Germany’s moral compass would not falter in the future either
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BombOmOm@lemmy.world 5 months agoGerman industry is in shambles right now as they allowed an unreliable trade partner, Russia, to completely take over a segment in the German economy (oil & gas). When that unreliable trade partner pulled the rug in 2022, suddenly Germany is paying out the ass for gas for LNG, reducing factory output, even on-lining coal plants to keep the lights on.
It is simply a bad idea to allow an unreliable trade partner to completely take over a segment in your economy.
Omniraptor@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Amoxtli@thelemmy.club 5 months ago
Fossil fuels are the underpinning of industrial civilization. It was fossil fuels that made the industrial revolution possible, it wasn’t solar panels, and wind turbines, or heavy, giant batteries.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I don’t understand what your point is here? Fossil fuels were instrumental in the industrial revolution so we have to stick by them forever, planet and people’s health benefits damned?
Nah. Use the most appropriate tech available. Which is now renewables, electric motors, etc.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It was water power dude. Water and Windmills started the industrial revolution. We’ve just been finding better ways to spin electric generator motors since then.
Amoxtli@thelemmy.club 5 months ago
Explain to the forum how water generates power. This should be funny.
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
In my country, it was mostly large dams and hydroelectricity. But they have their own issues.
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 5 months ago
I doubt that UberEats drivers would be happy with that being called their economy.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 months ago
That’s apples and oranges. The German government pulled out of that sector of it’s own will. Largely because they had planned to transition to Nuclear, did not do so, and then did nothing going forward.
Letting Chinese cars compete is not going kill the big 3 unless they’re criminally negligent at rubbing ta business.
Amoxtli@thelemmy.club 5 months ago
NATO sanctioned themselves. You don’t get to blame Russia for that.
Alto@kbin.social 5 months ago
Russia could've, y'know, just not done and illegal invasion of Ukraine.
Amoxtli@thelemmy.club 5 months ago
Russians didn’t cut off natural gas supplies, or refused to pay for the commodity. The EU sanctioned themselves. What’s next? Blame the bombing of NORD-stream pipeline 2 on the Russian invasion? Don’t even discuss legality. Ukraine was legally bound to neutrality by the treaty for their independence. Western news media won’t tell you that.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Nobody is bound to remain neutral in the face of enemy action.