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=====Sanctions=====

=====Sanctions=====

[[File:German food inflation.jpg|left|250px|thumb|German food inflation 9 months into [[Russia sanctions]] regime.<ref>https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/german-food-inflation-at-21-yoy-consumer-confidence-at-a-very-low-point/</ref>]]

[[File:German food inflation.jpg|right|300px|thumb|German food inflation 9 months into [[Russia sanctions]] regime.<ref>https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/german-food-inflation-at-21-yoy-consumer-confidence-at-a-very-low-point/</ref>]]

{{See also|Great Reset}}

{{See also|Great Reset}}

In January 2022, Germany closed half of its six remaining nuclear power plants despite rising energy costs. Germany's lofty sustainable climate utopia goals did not include plans on how to replace the energy that was being provided by its safe, clean and reliable nuclear power plants.<ref>https://catalyst.independent.org/2022/01/28/germany-shutters-nuclear/</ref>

In January 2022, Germany closed half of its six remaining nuclear power plants despite rising energy costs. Germany's lofty sustainable climate utopia goals did not include plans on how to replace the energy that was being provided by its safe, clean and reliable nuclear power plants.<ref>https://catalyst.independent.org/2022/01/28/germany-shutters-nuclear/</ref>

On June 20, 2022 Germany announced it would fire up carbon producing [[coal]] burning electrical plants once again to compensate for the U.S.-mandated loss of Russian LGN and in order to charge the growing demand for electric vehicles which were supposed to reduce carbon emissions.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/20/ukraine-war-germany-turns-to-coal-as-russia-throttles-gas-supplies.html</ref>

On June 20, 2022 Germany announced it would fire up carbon producing [[coal]] burning electrical plants once again to compensate for the U.S.-mandated loss of Russian LGN and in order to charge the growing demand for electric vehicles which were supposed to reduce carbon emissions.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/20/ukraine-war-germany-turns-to-coal-as-russia-throttles-gas-supplies.html</ref>

 

[[Hanover, Germany]] became the first major metropolitan area to try and reduce the use of natural gas by removing hot water from public buildings. Other measures include switching off public fountains and blacking out night-time lights on major buildings.  The head of the Bundestag Committee on Energy and Climate, Klaus Ernst, in an article published in the ''Berliner Zeitung'' wrote, “Energy sanctions against Russia turned out to be a serious mistake! A major recession is inevitable. Threatening the energy supply of Europe’s largest economy is hara-kiri, it harms citizens and industry and does not help Ukraine in any way."<ref>https://oopstop.com/the-bundestag-called-sanctions-against-russia-hara-kiri-for-germany/</ref>

[[Hanover, Germany]] became the first major metropolitan area to try and reduce the use of natural gas by removing hot water from public buildings. Other measures include switching off public fountains and blacking out night-time lights on major buildings.  The head of the Bundestag Committee on Energy and Climate, Klaus Ernst, in an article published in the ''Berliner Zeitung'' wrote, “Energy sanctions against Russia turned out to be a serious mistake! A major recession is inevitable. Threatening the energy supply of Europe’s largest economy is hara-kiri, it harms citizens and industry and does not help Ukraine in any way."<ref>https://oopstop.com/the-bundestag-called-sanctions-against-russia-hara-kiri-for-germany/</ref>