Germany has once again decided that its Green Agenda trumps the crippling energy crisis, with the country’s climate minister dismissing fracking as a way of obtaining much-needed gas.
Fracking has been dismissed as an alternative method of sourcing much-needed gas in Germany due to the country’s Green Agenda, with one of the country’s many green party ministers ruling the tech out over environmental concerns. [bold, links added]
Meanwhile, the country remains reliant on huge quantities of imported Russian gas with no serious alternative on the table besides crashing the economy.
Climate Minister Robert Habeck (pictured) spoke out against [fracking] technology at a time of significant energy insecurity for Germany, which is relying on natural gas from a now-hostile Russia to keep the lights on.
However, despite this, Der Spiegel reports that Habeck seems to have little interest in fracking as a way of alleviating pressure, despite the fact the technology would allow Germany to tap into domestic gas reserves.
“In the North German lowlands, we are sitting on a large amount of gas that can only be accessed with fracking,” Habeck is reported as saying by the publication.
“So you would have to destroy deep layers of rock with great pressure and chemical substances in order to extract the gas,” he continued.
“This is difficult… it can have negative consequences for our environment,” he went on to claim. “At the moment there are no organizations that want that.”
While rejecting fracking as a method of obtaining gas, Habeck also warned strongly against a possible embargo on Russian gas, which his nation is now addicted to.
This is despite the move being heavily endorsed by many within the European Union, a political bloc that the current German government has often aligned itself.
“An immediate gas embargo would endanger social peace in Germany,” the green party member said, obliquely referencing Germany’s crippling addiction to Russian gas supplies and, presumably, societal breakdown if the lights went out.
“So we have to act prudently, prepare the steps carefully and be able to stick with them if we want to harm Putin,” he continued.
Despite the calls for prudence, the actions of German authorities from afar appear to be everything but that when it comes to the ongoing energy crisis, with the country shutting down coal and nuclear power plants left and right despite the fact that the nation could soon lose access to its Russian gas supply.
The shutdowns — which form part of the nation’s green agenda — come at a time when German industry has been warning that a loss of gas supply would be crippling, while a steep recession for Germany appears almost certain should gas lines be cut.
Meanwhile, inflation over sharp increases in food and gas prices have left German consumers reeling, with some shops hiking the prices of certain food products by up to 50 percent in response to the crisis.
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OK, all the German government would have to do is some basic internet RESEARCH. If they were (remotely) intellectually curious, they could find several DOZEN peer reviewed American scientific studies by reputable universities & State & federal regulatory agencies with the same top line finding: “NO EVIDENCE that fracing has resulted in systematic contamination of ground water.” Just fact. On top of that, you (literally) have hundreds of THOUSANDS of U.S well completions over the past 10-15 years where you won’t find a shred of evidence to support the alarmist SCARE campaign. Fracing may be the most studied industrial process in human history. GET EDUCATED before you continue to “hitch your wagon” to the “green fantasy.” When your economy collapses, you have no one to blame but yourself…
Randy, your comments are right on. However, like everything else that runs contrary to their agenda the climate activists will ignore these facts. You are probably aware of the big controversy over bringing free speech back to social media. One reason for blocking free speech is the liberals want to be sure that the average person remains ignorant of the facts you have stated.
I might add the same advice to the U.S government. STOP CATERING to environmental extremists who have no knowledge, expertise or constructive SOLUTIONS to any aspect of energy policymaking or strategies moving forward in an eventual energy transition…