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Re:The five-year engineering feat Germany pulled off in months by midoridensha on Sunday December 11, 2022 @09:27PM (#33950141)
>It's the result of cheap fossil fuels, provided by Russia.

So what did Germany do for heat before the wall fell and they got cheap fuels from Russia?

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Re:The five-year engineering feat Germany pulled off in months by warpspin on Monday December 12, 2022 @07:44AM (#33954065)
> So what did Germany do for heat before the wall fell and they got cheap fuels from Russia?

Germany used to be heated by gas created from coal and coal directly till about the 1960ies. Starting with the 1970ies already, the Soviet Union began delivery of natural gas.

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Re:The five-year engineering feat Germany pulled off in months by brodock on Sunday December 11, 2022 @11:50PM (#33951003)
Coal
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