{"id":285184,"date":"2023-10-26T19:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T17:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=285184"},"modified":"2023-10-26T19:30:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T17:30:05","slug":"germans-realize-u-s-is-screwing-them-over-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=285184","title":{"rendered":"Germans Realize U.S. Is SCREWING Them Over Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"413\" data-attachment-id=\"285187\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=285187\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0Screenshot-2023-10-26-192721.png?fit=990%2C566&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"990,566\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Screenshot-2023-10-26-192721\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0Screenshot-2023-10-26-192721.png?fit=723%2C413&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0Screenshot-2023-10-26-192721.png?resize=723%2C413&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-285187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0Screenshot-2023-10-26-192721.png?w=990&amp;ssl=1 990w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0Screenshot-2023-10-26-192721.png?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0Screenshot-2023-10-26-192721.png?resize=768%2C439&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@thejimmydoreshow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/yt3.ggpht.com\/QLpYg9p-DiKQapV4UmHWrJrhqfpV1V0WK5WORO7g1RDfF30XNSx-5hGigruCYQUW3XYsHyCDLw=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj\" alt=\"\">The Jimmy Dore Show<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Politician Steffen Kotre appears to be among the first German officials to realize that his country has gotten the shaft since the start of the Ukraine War by having to purchase more expensive, dirtier energy from the United States than what they were getting before from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Kotre recently called for the reversal of that policy and for Germany to once again take advantage of Russian natural gas flowing through the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jimmy, along with The Convo Couch host Craig Jardula and Americans\u2019 Comedian Kurt Metzger, discusses the royal scr*w job the U.S. has put on much of Western Europe, Germany included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r2mWupoDeis?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jimmy Dore Show Politician Steffen Kotre appears to be among the first German officials to realize that his country has gotten the shaft since the start of the Ukraine War by having to purchase more expensive, dirtier energy from the United States than what they were getting before from Russia. 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