German Of The Day: Alarmstufe Rot

September 20, 2022 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Heconomy, Helplessness, Hideology, Hurt Feelings Tags: Dependency, Energy, Gas, German, Germans, Germany, Greens, Language, Oil, Pipelines, Putin, Renewables, Russia, Ukraine Leave a comment

That means red alert.

Red alert for the German economy. After months of speculation, it is now official: Russia is turning off the gas tap on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely. Germany is facing difficult times. Not only a cold winter is looming, but an industrial ice age.

German economy to shrink all winter as gas taps are turned off, Bundesbank says – The German economy is contracting already and will likely get worse over the winter months as gas consumption is cut or rationed, the country’s central bank said on Monday.

Sure He Can

September 12, 2022 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Hideology Tags: Energy, Greens, Pipelines, Renewables Leave a comment

But he can’t keep the lights AND the heat on at the same time. Time to set your priorities, people.

Can Germany’s economy minister keep the lights on this winter?

Memories of postwar squalor revived by Vladimir Putin’s shutting down of Nord Stream 1 pipeline.

“How exciting a night-time power cut can be!”

How Many More Times Does The German Forest Need To Be “Rescued?”

September 11, 2022 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Helplessness, Hideology, Hypochondria, Hysteria Tags: Business, Environmentalists, Forests, Greens, Panic Leave a comment

Before it gets rescued for good, I mean.

It gets rescued regularly every few years (Waldsterben, acid rain, bark beetles, etc.) and it’s really starting to get tedious, you know?

How to rescue the German forest – Climate change and drought are threatening the existence of Germany’s forests, which are at the very core of the country’s sociocultural identity. But the most famous forest ranger says there is hope.

German Companies Just Aren’t Green Enough

September 8, 2022 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Heconomy, Helplessness, Hideology Tags: Banktruptcy, Business, Dependency, Energy, Energy Crisis, Gas, German, Germans, Germany, Greens, Insolvency, Pipelines, Putin, Renewables, Ukraine Leave a comment

Otherwise they wouldn’t be going broke like that.

Get with the plan and get back to nature already. Let them eat green cake or something.

German economy minister under fire as German companies sound alarm on energy prices – German Economy Minister Robert Habeck faced a backlash on Wednesday for saying he could imagine parts of the economy stopping production due to rising energy prices that German firms say are threatening their existence.

Asked whether he expected a wave of insolvencies at the end of this winter due to companies’ rising energy bills, Habeck said “No, I don’t. I can imagine that certain industries will simply stop producing for the time being.”

This Gives “Cold War” A Whole New Meaning

September 6, 2022 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Heconomy, Helplessness, Hideology, History Tags: Demonstrations, Dependency, Energy, Gas, Germany, Greens, Inflation, Pipelines, Protestors, Putin, Renewables, Russia, Ukraine Leave a comment

German government policy has led to the cold (the energy “turnaround,” dependency on Russian gas, etc.) and the German people have been left out in the cold (inflation).

Germans revive Cold War Monday demonstrations amid inflation – Protesters from Germany’s left and the right have called for regular Monday protests against the rising cost of living. These evoke the peaceful revolution in East Germany but also of recent anti-immigrant rallies.

Parties on both the left and right of the political spectrum in Germany have announced a “hot autumn” with regular Monday demonstrations.

German Of The Day: Brennholz

August 29, 2022 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Heconomy, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings Tags: Dependency, Energy, Gas, Greens, Language, Oil, Pipelines, Putin, Renewables, Ukraine Leave a comment

That means firewood. Oh, how Green hearts are filling with warmth these days. Firewood warmth. Their policies are finally forcing, I mean convincing their compatriots to get back to Nature with a capital N!

Germans are looking to firewood for energy as natural gas prices soar – Skyrocketing prices for natural gas have Europeans scrambling for alternative energy sources. In Germany, where households face a 480 euro rise in their gas bills, people are resorting to stockpiling firewood.

The Law Of Unintended Consequences

August 26, 2022 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Heconomy, Helplessness, Hideology, Hurt Feelings Tags: Dependency, Energy, Gas, Government, Greens, Inflation, Pipelines, Putin, Renewables, Taxation, Ukraine Leave a comment

We’re from the government and we’re here to help. Again. Resistance is futile. No force in the universe can stop us from helping you so shut up and let us help you already.

Germany’s latest consumer tax (they keep coming in hot and heavy) was meant to help offset soaring gas prices by helping energy companies in need. A questionable enough undertaking already, I’d say. But now it turns out that billions of these tax euros will be flowing to companies that are not only not in need, they’re making record profits.

We were glad to help. You can thank us later.

Ahead Of Schedule

August 18, 2022 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Hideology Tags: Energy, Gas, Germany, Greens, Putin Leave a comment

When you’ve got less than three months of gas for the coming winter.

Hang in there. You’ll have enough for four months in no time, Germany. Or maybe you won’t. But still. Self-imposed dependency rocks.

Stocks are rising fast, but still not enough, regulator says.

Gas Price Already Unaffordable?

August 16, 2022 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Heconomy, Helplessness, Hideology, Hurt Feelings Tags: Energy, Gas, German Language, Germans, Germany, Greens, Pipelines, Putin, Taxation, Ukraine Leave a comment

You won’t be able to pay for your heating this winter as it is? We’ll help out by adding an additional tax to that. Only we won’t call it a tax, of course. We’ll call it an Umlage. That means contribution, share, levy.

It’s what we do here in Green Germany. It’s for the greater good or something.

Germany Slaps Levy on Households to Spread Pain of Gas Surge – Government allows industry to pass on prices to consumers.

Germany’s government said households will face additional annual costs of about 290 euros ($296) to pay for natural gas as the burden of Russia’s squeeze on energy flows to Europe is redistributed.

German Of The Day: Ende Gelände

August 14, 2022 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Heconomy, Hideology, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings Tags: Coal, Dependency, Energy, Gas, Greens, LNG, Pipelines, Protests, Renewables, Russia, Ukrain Leave a comment

That means, literally, the end of the terrain. You know, as in the end of the line, end of the story, the buck stops here? That’s the name of that leftist climate activist group down there.

They’re trying to blockade the port of Hamburg (because of that bad LNG stuff coming from Amerika) and a coal-fired power plant in order to save the planet.

Now, I’m no climate activist expert here, but if you’re going to block a train shouldn’t you be on the tracks and not between them? Just saying. And they’re not even glued to anything yet. A little more quality control here, people.

Observing Hermann

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