{"id":206473,"date":"2022-06-29T19:38:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T17:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=206473"},"modified":"2022-06-29T19:38:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T17:38:26","slug":"german-energy-crisis-economics-minister-tells-citizens-to-shower-less-colder-gas-bills-to-triple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=206473","title":{"rendered":"German Energy Crisis: Economics Minister Tells Citizens to Shower Less, Colder\u2026\u201d Gas Bills to Triple\u201d!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Germany\u2019s Energiewende<\/em> is unraveling faster than anyone could have expected <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economics Minister Robert Habeck<\/strong> (Greens) says he is now taking less showers and advises citizens to do the same \u2013 in order to fight Putin (and of course because there\u2019s an extreme shortage of gas and no one knows how the country will be kept warm this coming winter)!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Energy is running out in Germany<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the current energy price explosion and acute supply shortages, German politicians are not lacking when it comes to silly ideas. In an interview with Spiegel, German economics minister urged citizens to save energy, and gave unusual tips from his own everyday life. \u201cI take a quick shower,\u201d the Green politician told Spiegel. He said he had never been under the shower for long. \u201cBut I have shortened my shower time once again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The real reason: Germany\u2019s energy policy debacle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Germany\u2019s \u201cEnergiewende<\/em>\u201d falters, and energy shortages loom, in part because the country has failed to fill its natural storage facilities and is decommissioning all its coal and nuclear power plants, Minister Habeck had to activate the alert level 2 from the emergency plan gas. \u201cGas is a scarce commodity,\u201d he told Spiegel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cGas bills to triple\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gas prices, already painfully high, will certainly rise further. \u201cThere will be further increases,\u201d Habeck said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAccording to the Federal Network Agency, consumers can expect their gas bills to triple. The Ministry of Economics already issued tips for saving gas in the summer,\u201d reports the German Kreiszeitung.de<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReluctant to be in air-conditioned rooms\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only is Habeck reducing his shower time, \u201che also avoids air conditioning and excessive heating,\u201d the Kreiszeitung<\/em> adds<\/a>. \u201cIn summer, I am very reluctant to be in air-conditioned rooms, and in winter I heat sparingly,\u201d Habeck explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Habeck forgets tomention: \u201cHe is on the road from morning to night in his top job, which is why the low heating of the apartment is not difficult. And even if it did, rising costs would not weigh heavily on him,\u201d writes the Kreiszeitung<\/em><\/a>.  \u201cAs a minister, I have a salary that others can only dream of,\u201d he admitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TheMinister position also comes with unlimited air travel, chauffeured government car and lots of other amenities that isolate top officials from the hassles everyone else needs to contend with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German government is now advising citizens to install \u201cenergy-saving shower heads\u201d, which could save a household 446 euros a year, cut shower time by two minutes and the temperature to 36 degrees to save another 250 euros annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By\u00a0P Gosselin<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/em>29. June 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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German Energy Crisis: Economics Minister Tells Citizens To Shower Less, Colder…”Gas Bills To Triple”!<\/a><\/blockquote>