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Interesting way to frame "Russian gas being cut off" instead of "most likely US orchestrated biggest ally to ally sabotage in history".

I'm still mad about it, yes. Germany's dependence on Russian gas was a terrible thing, but risking my livelihood for 4D geopolitics chess is much worse.

This doesn't change the strategic need to maintain local production though.

Germany's dependence on Russian gas was (failed) 4D geopolitical chess in itself. I'm mad at that.

Considering that we're doing the barest of the minimum about it three years in, yeah, you'd think.

> the winter was mild.

Sure about that? I remember a cold winter.

> Blizzards, record winds, red weather warnings and biting cold. The long winter of 2023/2024 has featured heavy precipitation and a number of extreme weather events.

https://www.uu.se/en/news/2024/2024-03-04-a-researcher-expla...

And

> Large parts of Europe are starting the 2023-2024 winter season with an abundance of snow and cold, a stark contrast from last year, which was abnormally warm and snowless.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/12/04/europe-sno...

We’re off to a not-great start this year: https://gas.kyos.com/gas/eu