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Re:Explosions in Kiev and Kharkiv now [CNN] by csee on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @11:02PM (#30450103)
No. He was about to get Nord Stream 2 through, which doens't run through Ukraine, and now he got it shut down.
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Re:Explosions in Kiev and Kharkiv now [CNN] by Evgenii1 on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @11:17PM (#30450204)
Temporary pause in licensing from Germany not 'shut down'. Germany has no choice but to buy Russian gas where else are they going to get energy from to run their huge GDP country
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Re:Explosions in Kiev and Kharkiv now [CNN] by hilbertseries on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @11:59PM (#30450468)
Gas makes up 10 percent of energy usage. More of a concern for heating and industries requiring it. But they can start investing in retrofitting and other sources now.
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Re:Explosions in Kiev and Kharkiv now [CNN] by jdkee on Thursday February 24, 2022 @12:14AM (#30450594)
Too bad Germany decided to shut down its nuclear plants.

See https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-01-25/what-t...

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Re:Explosions in Kiev and Kharkiv now [CNN] by nate_meurer on Thursday February 24, 2022 @02:57AM (#30451961)
This needs to be repeated at every opportunity. I believe history will ultimately judge this as Merkel's greatest failure, and I say that as a fan of her's.
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