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Germany turns off the hot water: Hanover becomes first big city to ban hot water in public buildings in response to Russian gas crisis
Mailonline ^ | 28 July 2022 | Walter Finch

Posted on 07/28/2022 3:32:22 PM PDT by george76

Hanover first big city to ban hot water and central heating in public buildings..

Lights to be switched off at night on major buildings like museums and town hall ..

Germans told to expect higher electricity bills and sweeping gas rationing..

Move is a response to Vladimir Putin's gas squeeze which has Europe panicking..

Russian state energy giant Gazprom cut gas supplies to Germany to 20 per cent .

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The Germany city of Hanover has become the first big city in Europe to ban hot water and central heating in public buildings ...

The drastic step comes as Germans have been told to expect sky high electricity bills and sweeping gas rationing measures that will affect their day-to-day lives.

In a sign of things to come, Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony in the north west of the country, will cut off the hot water in public buildings, swimming pools, sports halls and gyms.

Other desperate gas-saving measures include switching off public fountains and blacking out night-time lights on major buildings such as the town hall and museums.

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There will also be a ban on portable air conditioners, heaters and radiators among the general populace

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Germany on the brink: EU's economic powerhouse is heading for recession and energy rationing – with bills tripling – after Merkel ignored warnings Putin could cripple Europe by choking gas supplies

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Despite repeated warnings about the risks of this reliance successive German governments have only deepened it

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Germany is not alone in relying on Russian natural gas to run its economy, with some 40 per cent of EU member state's total gas consumption coming from its eastern neighbour.

But years of deliberate policy-making has made Germany uniquely vulnerable to Russian threats to cut gas flows.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bills; electricity; electricitybills; energy; energyschadenfreude; europe; eussr; fourthreich; gas; gasrationing; gazprom; germany; haha; hotwater; itistolaugh; keinerdgasfursie; rationing; takethatputin
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Trump was right about this, too.
1 posted on 07/28/2022 3:32:22 PM PDT by george76
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Take that, Putin!!!!

We Germans don’t need no hot water!!!


2 posted on 07/28/2022 3:34:12 PM PDT by BobL (My hatred of Necons/Globalists exceeds my love of Ukraine or any other country, other than the US)
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The EU is a blight on the planet.


3 posted on 07/28/2022 3:35:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: george76

I’ll bet that there are not a lot of people sitting around in the brauhaus singing “Deutschland Uber Alles” tonight.


4 posted on 07/28/2022 3:35:59 PM PDT by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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Springtime for Putin and Russia
Winter for Germany and France


5 posted on 07/28/2022 3:37:08 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: george76

Considering how many stinky third-worlders they have let into Germany, I am surprised hot water is even in demand.


6 posted on 07/28/2022 3:38:46 PM PDT by CodeToad (“If you are receiving this transmission, you are the resistance.”)
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Yikes maybe not too far off


7 posted on 07/28/2022 3:39:08 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: dfwgator

So it seems.

Stolen Elections come at a very high cost and bring with them dire consequences.

This whole shitshow could have been so easily avoided.


8 posted on 07/28/2022 3:40:02 PM PDT by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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To: george76

Starting with the (*spit*) Carter presidency, every employer I worked for turned off their water heaters. None of them had turned them back on by the time I was knocked out of employment by (*spit*) Obama. Also, in the seventies, they upped the thermostat. In Florida, this meant that for the first time these employers no longer required suits. Seriously, prior to (*spit*) Carter a three-piece suit was required. There were stories about professional workers being sent home for either not wearing one, or for wearing one that wasn’t conservative enough. Honeywell, for example, required either gray or black. Brown would get you sent home.


9 posted on 07/28/2022 3:40:07 PM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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Eeewww avoid crowded German trains and buses. The smell will be bad.


10 posted on 07/28/2022 3:40:47 PM PDT by entropy12 (Trump & MAGA are the only way to keep USA viable.)
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The smell already was bad. Germans don’t wash their clothes.


11 posted on 07/28/2022 3:41:44 PM PDT by anton
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To: george76

Coming soon to an American city near you!


12 posted on 07/28/2022 3:42:21 PM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! R)
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To: george76

And it is also making Viktor Orban look that even more better.


13 posted on 07/28/2022 3:42:29 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: george76

I have zero sympathy for them. They are the greenest of green in Europe, probably the world.

It’s what happens when you’re delusional and believe in unicorns.

Looking forward to a cold winter there.


14 posted on 07/28/2022 3:44:59 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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Most are from warm climates.


15 posted on 07/28/2022 3:46:07 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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Well at least the krauts will feel how it was after we bombed the sh*t out of them 80 years ago..


16 posted on 07/28/2022 3:47:02 PM PDT by max americana (Fired leftards at work since 2008 at every election just to see them cry. I hate them all.)
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To: george76
Fire up the C-57s again. Berlin Airlift 2.0 will commence soon.


17 posted on 07/28/2022 3:47:16 PM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: george76

Winter baths will be a delight.


18 posted on 07/28/2022 3:48:44 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: max americana

Or in winter they’ll feel like their soldiers in Stalingrad felt.


19 posted on 07/28/2022 3:48:54 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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20 posted on 07/28/2022 3:51:38 PM PDT by 4Liberty (On Jan 6th: Trump’s OWN F.B.I. plotted against him.)
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