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Re:Germany boosts renewables with “biggest energy policy ref... by bobthepanda on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @11:34AM (#30933308)
German dependency on Russian gas is a lot older than that. Ostpolitik dates back to the ‘60s.
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Re:Germany boosts renewables with “biggest energy policy ref... by tmerse on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @12:10PM (#30933875)
Jein (Yes and no). Helmut Schmidt even advocated for diversification in 1988 (no importer should account for more than 30% - of course more with oil in mind but the principle stands).

https://www.zeit.de/1988/08/sieben-prinzipien-vernuenftiger-...

Contrary to this, Russian gas imports to Germany used to account for 40% of total consumption in 2012 vs 52% as of today.

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