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What is wrong with Putin’s rule
“Unfluencer” Jessica Wildfire trying to make sense of Putin’s war. She wrote recently ” Now, everything makes sense” (←link) and her 100k audience agreed.
Does it make sense to Jessica? Let see.
She claims: “Germany keeps buying oil and natural gas from Russia.”
The very recent quantitative analysis (←link) of the impact of the oil&gas embargo on the German economy moves the debate on the ban from “this is impossible” to “it is costly, but the costs are acceptable.”
Germany imports about 60% of its energy use.
About half of German imports of gas and hard coal, and about one-third of oil imports originate from Russia.
Germany depends on Russia for about 1/3 of total energy consumption.
Another recent study concludes that it will be possible through substitution and European cooperation to meet demand in electricity generation, transport, and heating in the EU without encountering physical…
