On the harsh-winter index (my region)...1-to-10....this past 3 months has been a '8' (not terrible with snow or ice, but temperatures have been mostly Minus-5 to pluss-5 for the winter so far). Expectations for the next two weeks? Lot of showers (plus-5 to plus 8 C), with some negative numbers this weekend (with snow expected).
So here's the thing...natural gas supplies/reserves have been noted declining....with the country reserves near 27-percent. All of this because of the Russia situation.
Public authorities? No public comments whatsoever.
What the weather guys are saying of March? Well.....lower than normal temperatures.
The belief is that once we get to below 20-percent in reserves....things will get pretty expensive.
How full are Germany's gas storage facilities really – and why that's misleading.
LNG ships coming in? This is often discussed, but the reserves number never seems to bounce upward.
The chatter? Some belief....that as we get to 15-percent....a national authority will have to give some speech, and issue directives to cut use. I'm guessing home owners will be asked to set the temp near 18C (64 F). For stores/factories....wouldn't shock me if the temps were set 17C (62 F).
Should they have said something back around Christmas? Probably so...but I doubt that anyone with the CDU-CSU-SPD wants to take charge over this.
Should the EU step in and create a 'miracle'? Well....unless Italy or Spain is sitting on huge amount of extra natural gas....there's not much to be said or done.
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