The German Minister of Economy and Vice-Chancellor, Robert Habeck, urges the Germans to save energy to "annoy Putin" while Germany seeks to reduce its dependence on Russian gas in the middle of war in Ukraine, inAn interview Friday April 15.
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"I ask everyone and each to contribute now to energy savings," said the ecologist, also holder of the climate portfolio, in an interview with Funke newspaper groups.
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"If for Easter you can get on your bike or take the train, it's also good.This spares the wallet and annoys Putin, "he added while Germany, very dependent on the gas imported from Russia, is looking for all means to reduce this dependence since the trigger for the invasion of Ukraineby Russian troops.
"As a rule, I would say that we can always save ten percent" of energy, he continued."And there are very simple measures which, put end to end, bring a lot".
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"If you heat your apartment and close the curtains in the evening, you save up to five percent energy.And if we lower the room temperature from one degree, this represents about six percent, ”said Robert Habeck."It may be less comfortable, but we are not cold yet".
Berlin, who bought before the war more than half of his gas from Russia, has already reduced this share to 40%, multiplying the steps to find alternatives and accelerating his conversion to renewables.
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But Germany does not plan to be able to do without Russian gas before mid-2014 and dreads to be forced to ration the gas supply in the industrial sector.
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