Leading German “climate protector” Ottmar Edenhofer (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, or PIK) calls on Germany to join the U.S. in imposing an instant import ban on Russian gas and oil. “We need massive sanctions now. Europe cannot afford to continue financing Putin’s war through gas and oil imports. And yes, we could enforce this import ban,” Edenhofer told the Düsseldorf-based Rheinische Post.
Edenhofer said he is aware that this may cause high costs and bottlenecks: “It will involve higher costs and massive intervention in the gas market.”
German industrial companies, he said, could then be faced with shutdown: “For next winter, it would be conceivable that if we don’t manage to fill the storage facilities accordingly … private households would be prioritized for gas supply, and industrial demanders would have to take a back seat. We are talking about war-time scenarios here.”
The PIK opposes fossil fuels, nuclear power, and humanity in general, so Edenhoefer’s statements come as no surprise. How many other environmentalists are secretly happy that the conflict may drive up the price of necessary energy sources?
