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No doubt. Germany , the powerhouse of budget surpluses was relying on unusally cheap russian gas and now that is gone , even if they get gas back russia has no reason to sell it for cheap. This is evidenced by the lack of german solidarity in the energy crisis, the unwillingness to impose price caps at the same time that they are spending $200B in their own market. The cost of war is proving too much for EU


Was Germany in effect driving the alternative sources of gas up in demand and subsequently price, that caused the energy crisis as electricity linked to price of gas for some mad reason.




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