These public baths, among the oldest in Germany’s second-largest city, Hamburg, are as popular as ever. No one seems bothered that the management have turned the thermostat down a few notches — from 28c to 25c to be precise.
What, though, will they think, as autumn gives way to winter, if the heating goes off altogether?
The Germans are going to piss their pants when Putin turns off the Nat. Gas. Gazprom declared Force Majeure on Nord Stream last week due to "uncertified repair parts being installed" on the German end of the pipe. That will be Gazprom's excuse for shutting it down this winter.
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The declared yesterday that the gas is shutting down because of technical issues.
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I guess the unicorn farts are powerful enough to keep the power onπ¦π¦π¦π¦. And to top it off the idiots in charge are shutting down the last nuclear plants!
ReplyDeleteHeat? Who needs heat? All that glo-bull warming will keep everyone toasty this winter.
ReplyDeleteWho cares what happens to the krauts or even the fucking Euroweenies for that matter?
ReplyDeleteI read today that firewood is now getting scarce there due to folks stocking up. It'll be interesting to see what happens. We'll be in the same situation soon enough...
ReplyDeleteGermans will have no problem sacrificing themselves. No more mean tweets from the man who warned them for this. That is all that matters.
ReplyDeleteI'm shocked that Russia would dare shut off the gas to countries that have effectively declared war on them. It's easy for Europeans to be brave in July; we'll see how that sounds in December. Cold, dark, and hungry is no way to spend your winter.
ReplyDeleteThey smirked when Trump warned them of exactly this scenario.
ReplyDeleteBiden will send them several billion dollars and they can burn that.
ReplyDeleteOr send them oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. (After the mid-terms of course.)
Delete"...while pensioners dawdle up and down the slow lane."
ReplyDeleteSome stereotyping going on there, I'm a pensioner and I can swim 50 metres in 50 seconds. I can swim 5k (3 miles) in under two hours.
On the main point, I'm not sure how screwed we are in the UK. We have extensive gas reserves of our own but our idiot politicians won't allow drilling for it.
Folks, we ain't seen nothing yet.
ReplyDeleteVery shortly we will see the " Climate Emergency" declaration.
Almost unlimited executive power over anything related to energy or energy consumption.
they wanted green energy, now they'll get it.
ReplyDeleteDepending on Russia for fuel is as stupid as selling your farms to China.
ReplyDeleteHungary banned the sale of energy products including fire wood and plans on increasing coal mining. Reality pushes against feel-good green stuff.
ReplyDeleteThe good news is those coal plants can be turned back on. They probably won't be, though. The EU seems to be ALL ABOUT cutting its own nose off to spite its face.
ReplyDeleteHow's that "let's crush the Russians with our sanctions" thing working out anyway?