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From where are they obtaining gas for these plants?

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Currently about half of the gas in Germany comes through pipelines from Norway, the other half is mostly from the the Netherlands and Belgium (which I think import a lot of LNG to ship to Germany).

> Netherlands and Belgium (which I think import a lot of ___ to ship to Germany).

Ah yes, NL's raison d'etre

LNG is mostly imported from Qatar and Russia

Russia - is now (thanks to Germany) one of the top exporters of LNG. With some creative accounting (rewriting labels) of where the oil/gas/lng came from (Russia) -> even India is now a Net exporter of oil.

Please note that LNG is even more environmentally damaging than burning coal.

LNG: Schmutziges Flüssiggas | Doku | NDR | 45 Min https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94Vsee3WYqE

How so? How many toxins and heave metals are emitted by burning LNG?

Australia is a big exporter of LNG...they even need to liquify it to use it themselves (where gas is available is often too far away from where people are to use just pipelines).

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