Rising Gas Prices in Germany | Easy German 460
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Learn German with our street interviews: This episode is about Germany's dependence on Russian gas. The war against Ukraine has shown that the gas supply in Germany is by no means secure. We ask people on the street if they are afraid of gas shortages, expensive energy prices and a cold winter without heating.
Lernt Deutsch mit unseren Straßen-Interviews: In dieser Episode geht es um die Abhängigkeit Deutschlands von russischem Gas. Der Krieg gegen die Ukraine hat gezeigt, dass die Gasversorgung in Deutschland keineswegs sicher ist. Wir fragen die Menschen auf der Straße, ob sie Angst vor der Gasknappheit, vor teuren Energiepreisen und vor einem kalten Winter ohne Heizung haben.
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Hosts of this episode: Janusz Hamerski/Carina Schmid
Camera & Edit: Rawad Sabbagh
Translation: Ben Eve
I am surprised to see the reaction of most people here. I am working for a major German energy company which is also one of the largest gas supplier in Europe. We are in a major crisis now. These people have no idea what they are talking about. The gas prices are increasing 4-5 times compared to past and they have to pay it next year. I am sure they will start complaining once they see the bill.
They know nothing, but winter is coming ;)
The worst is "I take the train", as if that saves him from the consequences. Hard to know how someone has so little awareness of the things on which their entire lives depend.
They always find an excuse to raise the prices, it has been the same since...2001.
Most people don't think about the big picture though, they weren't taught to do so. And also most people don't know details in areas outside their field, so in this case regular people on the streets probably don't know where gas is even used, outside some basic surface knowledge.
to be honest I don't understand from where "4-5 times" more goes.
1. Oil prices have +20% more comparing to 2021. No "times" and they will go down as Saud Arabi increase production as greed.
2. Gas prices on TTF (liquid gas in Netherlands terminal), yes make 2 times from September 2021(but not 4-5). But we should understand that Germany and most of the EU countries buys gas mostly with fixed long term contracts. So these price of course exist in whole gas delivering structure, but are not 100%.
Ich kann nicht fassen, was die Leute erzählen! Wenn die Gaspreise erhöhen, werden fast alle Preisen der Sachen erhöhen, nicht nur Gasrechnung zum Erwärmen! Es geht um Industrieprodukten, Transport etc...
I found them totally laid back in this video! Überhaupt nicht realistisch!!
@@NairaBRDE I agree absolutely with you. What kind of world do these people live in!
@@deutschmitvedat sie leben in metaverse wahrscheinlich...
true, i cannot believe those answered with such narrow minded view!
@@NairaBRDE Sollten sie weinen um dich machen zu glauben dass dieses video echt ist?
Geld ist nicht alles und hoehere preise nicht gut genug grund fuer mich ist, entauscht zu sein. Ich glaube viele leute denken aenlich.
I'm blown away by the obliviousness of some people.
Dear people. Gazprom has been cutting gas supplies to Europe since forever. Look up what´s been happening in other years. It´s not because the Russian owners of the gas industry (which are NOT common Russian folk) decided to "punish" someone, are you insane? We´re talking billions of dollars. It doesn´t work this way. Profit is above all, otherwise you lose competition. No. Cuts in energy, and cuts in any other industry happen for one reason only - RELATIVE OVERPRODUCTION. More gas has been produced than can be bought by the main consumers, the masses. Also, you have to take into account factory closures - production sector is a massive consumer of energy. All of these things led to the formation of "surpluses" of energy. So now the standard measure comes - cutting the production of energy. Gazprom is reducing production of gas atm. In June they cut it 30%. There are no shortages. They are just compensating their losses by raising the price.
Yes especially the guy at 2:45. Big m*r*n!
People really believе that they won't be affected since they are not using gas at home? 😂 Well let me tell you that gas prices will raise the price of food, public transport, clothes, everything...
unfortunately the video just shows how stupid and narrow thinking most people are in Germany:( that´s the worse problem than prices tbh. same with the governments, now everyone can see that the grüne party was the biggest mistake ever. and WE have to pay the price. but apart from costs the salaries do not go up so 🤐
@@Anna-zn1iv Haha funny, u saying it like its the greens who staid up for Russian gas the howl time not the SPD or the CDU, even if we could be on renewables right now those two party's didn’t care they even reduced it. we wouldn’t have that problem if the greens had been a part of the head government 20 years ago
That's the biggest problem with Easy German, the people they interview in this particular part of Berlin are not at all representative of most of Germany. They are both privileged and naive.
I vote for a big wall around Berlin.
I find it useful... Man kann dadurch den Nihilismus klar sehen.
The main point of easy German videos is to learn German. It's not a political channel. Don't take it to seriously
Deutsch lernt man nicht, wenn man andauernd auf Englisch kommentiert.
Tatsache✅
So how do people in other parts of Germany feel about this topic? Do they tend to blame domestic policy of their government or do they think sanctioning Russia was a bad idea in the first place?
I was not expecting that much hapinness about it. They need to repeat this same video at a cold winter day.
I don't see 'happiness' there at all, but a differentiated opinion. Just because people smile doesn't mean they are happy. People here smile out of politeness and embarrassment. But perhaps this is misleading if you don't understand German well.
Germany should thank Angela Merkel and putin for it
Bingo! 👍
Just go to Turkey for vacation....
They are so happy they almost wish to thank America for the gas crisis. What did they say in the Game of Thrones? Oh yes - Winter is Coming
Ich habe die Kommentare erst gelesen, und dann das Video gesehen. Es ist komisch, aber ich habe einen Eindruck, dass ich das andere Video gesehen habe, als manche andere Kommentatoren. Die meisten Leute im Video scheinen sich echte Sorgen zu machen um die Situation und wie es die andere beeinflussen wird, die weniger Glück im Leben haben, und die wirtschaftliche Konsequenzen. Das ist nur Chatten auf der Straße, keine wissenschaftliche Diskussion, die eine tiefe Analyse der Ursachen und Folgen impliziert. Was wird von ihnen erwartet? Sollen Sie weinen oder antworten mit tragischen Gesichter? Die Leute lächeln und versuchen optimistisch zu bleiben, warum nicht?
People never understand the Germans
@Kateryna Danke für Ihren reflektierten Kommentar! Endlich jemand, der es verstanden hat.
Optimism will not keep you from freezing to death.
Reports are coming in that many smart Germans are going to the forests to get their winter fuel.
I am currently in Berlin with my German wife and it's incredible how Germans, in general, do not understand the consequences of this gas crisis. The country's GDP can drop up to 13%. In winter, several people could die and they are still thinking about 'everything is more expensive', in a few months, you can't even buy what you need.
I feel like most germans are thinking, oh in winter we can just go Spain and wait for autumn. Good luck
after my first winter in Spain (wich was much colder than I expected) I discovered that energy here is more expencive and the houses are very bad isolated... it's cheaper to stay in Germany.
I personally don't know anyone who doesn't understand that. Maybe it's just (certain milieus in) Berlin.
most germans are just not educated
@@choro3d191 Wrong. Not anymore
@Cẩn Thơ I live in Germany and yes it’s true. Most of the Germans believe in their „blessed“ Government and our „smart“ politicians, ofc there are also many people who think differently tho people who think differently are usually considered as crazy lmao Most of them think their politicians would save them even though they make everything worse but the germans just don't learn from their mistakes that was always the problem :/ Im actually scared for The future of that country. 😕
these people have been living so good for such a long time, they have no idea what is coming. for us immigrants and ausländers will be like home again.
Please wait these times. We have very hard times. If you are an immigrant you must understand that the war is the worst thing that could happen. Do boy pay Putin to kill us. 😭💛💙
Hahah thats funny
Also im Ernst??!! "Ich habe keine Gasheizung, deswegen trifft mich das nicht" - doch! Alle Preise werden hochsteigen, nicht nur die für die Heizung. Da heißt, Essen, Produktion, Bauartikel, Medikamente - alles, was man sich vorstellen kann. Man braucht doch ein bisschen Ekonomie in der Schule lernen, ganz ehrlich. Die Leute haben keine Ahnung vorüber sie reden.
Er hat’s doch dann relativiert. Mein Gott.
Bestimmt, diese leute sind sehr ahnungslos
Ну так идите и свергайте всей Россией путина. Чего в Германии отсиживаешься? И еще людей критикуешь)
@@lemirobe крайне тупой комметарий... я не русская, и к путину с рф отношения не имею. и я прекрасно знаю, какую цену придется платить всем за развязанную им войну, только это не отменяет, насколько наивно и спокойно люди в Германии воспринимают происходящее.
@@annaafortunada6288 а что им остается делать? Нужно было думать у кого покупать ресурсы. А конкретно тебе можно паковать чемоданы и в Россию. Там цены на газ расти не будут. Вон путин хочет гражданство всем русскоговорящим давать
Der Typ, der Eis an einem warmen Sommertag isst, spricht von einem Bedarf an Chaos.. klassisch
EWjjj
@@tomatoesarefruit3878 inwiefern ist das kindisch und unhöflich?
Wenn die Dingen richtig Schief gehen, werden diese Hipsters gar nicht bereit dafür. Reden ist eher sehr einfach, aber das Machen ist ein ganz anderes Spiel.
genau... ein Kind. Der, " ooh, wir brauchen ein bisschen Chaos". Blöd.
@@tomatoesarefruit3878 isn't it rude to disturb someone by asking questions while he is eating? Just asking 😬😬
I can’t believe people only worry about the gas supply in terms of their own heating at home. No matter how you heat your house or how well off you are, it will affect all of us. How short-sighted can you be?
No, being short sighted is worrying about high gas prices instead of worrying about stop using gas for renewables. We shouldn't even be relying on gas in the first place in 2022.
@@Lee-ic8ln hahahaha
Germans have been living in a delusional fantasy for a while. They’re about to face reality.
Its a human condition, survival. Europe has forgotten how precarious their position is. Not since the war
Wow, at first I was a bit judgmental of the gentleman in the white vest who simply replied "No" when asked if he was concerned about the rising gas prices, but his subsequent responses were so holistic and eloquent, expressing a clear and well thought out worldview that I was blown away. Whether or not you agree with his perspective on things, you have to admit that he articulated his thoughts really well for someone who was suddenly being asked fairly complex questions on the street!
@@DWalsh-bg1cu Absolutely, he seems like the kind of person who is too immersed in ideas to be practical about reality from this brief interaction, but hopefully that's not really the case.
…he was wearing underwear…
He was the only one I agreed with. We shouldn't be discussing gas in the first place in 2022. Gas has been way too cheap for too long and it is about time people start to realize that we should be transitioning away from gas.
@@NexSicarius I think it is you who "is too immersed in ideas" to think that we can continue to have cheap gas and not suffer from it. Gas being high now is a great opportunity for us to transition away from fossil fuels.
Totally agree; I had the same change in perception of him. Also, did you notice he was covered in confetti (maybe glitter)? Tank top and confetti, probably just coming home from a party.
It's nice to see some of them being confident that they're not worried by the gas crisis. But for those who are not as fortunate as them, it's gonna be very hard. People say Germans are resilient because they were able to pull themselves back up after world war 2. But then again, those were a different generation of Germans. The current generation who haven't experienced hardships in life will be most affected.
Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times
Current generations cares more about not buying overseas vegetables and Co2 emissions. Imagine Putin on this
Yes Older Generation who have Witnessed and Evolved after the Post World War 2 crisis often Share some Worthy and Valuable Experience. It does make them Sound like a Person affected by Palilalia (Some one who Repeats the History Again and Again), but their Experience of Evolving from Tough Helps as a Valuable Solution
@@beixingchen1456 Yin Yang philosophy
"Germans are resilient because they were able to pull themselves back up after world war 2" -> i am not sure this is a right fact. I mean this was not like this from my historical knwoledge. German had differrent factories that have not been bombed. Than US started the marshall plan to consolidate their influence in West Germany. So after WW2 germany got much more help than other contries that were devastated from war. Today i do not see any positive thinking or leadership within german society. It is like "we are on our ship of properity, no need to navigate, no push. The ship is going on it own through inertie".
Russland hat die Gaslieferung verknappt? 😀 Oder hat Deutschland auf russisches Gas verzichtet? Was für eine schlaue Formuleirung!
Eben) die Russen sind wie immer an allem schuld, „Kanada“, „Siemens“, „Wartungsarbeiten“ werden nicht einmal erwähnt. Es ist keine politische Sendung, aber alles wird zu oberflächlich dargestellt. Die befragten Personen bis auf ein paar Menschen scheinen wohl sehr naiv zu sein.
Wow! Its unbelieveable how clueless the German ppl are when it comes to upcoming crises.
berliners just berliners
For the third guy with ice cream, is he aware that gas runs our whole living and not only the cars? xD
Are you aware that we shouldn't even be discussing gas in 2022 when there are renewable energy that doesn't require gas?
@@Lee-ic8ln This is such a first-world point of view, I’m sorry.
@@denizhausofbrown9959 huh?
@@Lee-ic8ln Renewable energy... is it wind energy? You know that it is unstable with low efficiency. In Germany, wind turbines are backed up by gas-fired power plants. Anyway good luck lol
@@Lee-ic8ln you know most fertilizer is made with gas right?
I am terrified how ignorant some people can be.
It is *fascinating* to see just how many people only care about themselves and do not even think for a second about other people's needs. Wow.
Pretty logical, you first worry if you are going to be ok and if you are, then you can see if there is capacity for others. It is also how the question was phrased. I am not super scared of gas prices. We anyway usually dont heat up much during the winter (about 14´to 16C) and we are frugal, young and healthy. So I dont expect I will be comfortable or that I will save as much as I normally would but I will probably live. But I can also understand that people with low incomes or wiht small kids, elderly, sick people...they will need help and if I can I will. But of course I first worry about my own household
Dear people. Gazprom has been cutting gas supplies to Europe since forever. Look up what´s been happening in other years. It´s not because the Russian owners of the gas industry (which are NOT common Russian folk) decided to "punish" someone, are you insane? We´re talking billions of dollars. It doesn´t work this way. Profit is above all, otherwise you lose competition. No. Cuts in energy, and cuts in any other industry happen for one reason only - RELATIVE OVERPRODUCTION. More gas has been produced than can be bought by the main consumers, the masses. Also, you have to take into account factory closures - production sector is a massive consumer of energy. All of these things led to the formation of "surpluses" of energy. So now the standard measure comes - cutting the production of energy. Gazprom is reducing production of gas atm. In June they cut it 30%. There are no shortages. They are just compensating their losses by raising the price.
No that's not the issue, the issue is that a small group (mostly the left) wants to tell you what other people should or not should do. And if you don't agree, you get a label.
I agree, comrade
Hahah someone made a sexist or racist joke and people called him out and now is mad at "the left". The right literally jails u if u have an abortion dude
Do this video again in January and see what answers you get. LOL.
Schön, wie naiv die Leute sind, zu glauben, steigende Gaspreise bedeuten, dass man es 1-2 Winter nicht so warm in den eigenen 4 Wänden hat.
Es gab schon früher steigende Energiepreise und da hat man es auch überlebt. Diese pseudo Panikmache ist wirklich schlimm und es sieht so aus, dass vorallem bildungsschwache Menschen umso fanatischer damit sind.
Gas prices affect electricity prices also. The energy companies that control the renewables only slightly outbid the gas generated electricity to rake huge profits regardless of the way lower cost of production. It also creates a perverse incentive for undersuplying to keep the prices high by shutting down some wind generation when there is oversupply to keep the prices high. Renewables implementation is flawed unreliable and highly dependent on gas. Oil prices and weak Euro is also a big driver to the current Inflation. Yes you can use a bicycle but you can't plow the fields or transport goods with it.
It's 2022, we should stop depending on gas when there are renewables.
good that you understand it, it told it same moment i red it, tha they have no otivation to saturate teh market with renevable nergy at all now. HOW in the world we can pay such overprice for CHEAP products, which we supported with our taxes by "green energy development fee"?....
Wow...just wow...it's not just gas prices, people! The whole supply chain relies on transportation and fuel, rising gas prices means everything rises - everything from groceries to building supplies and non food item and services. People can't afford the gas it takes to get to work, so they quit their job for something closer. Businesses can't handle the rising costs, so they jack up their prices just to be able to survive. Many won't be able to survive, which means more jobs lost, fewer people able to afford the skyrocketing prices. And not everyone is able to work, even a minimum wage job. Some people are on a fixed, minimum income, or have very little at all to live off. Who will step up and help them out? Somehow I doubt most of the unconcerned people interviewed will.
Sometimes I have the feeling, that people lost their common sense...they do not (want to) see the problems in realistic way..
This episode was about gas, not about petrol
So isn't this a great opportunity for us to GET OFF GAS and go renewable? You guys aren't understanding the bigger issue. The bigger issue is NOT gas is increasing, instead the bigger issue is that we are still relying on gas in 2022.
Let's also remember that 40 to 50 % of the Nitrogen atoms in a human body has been pulled out from the N2 molecules in the air using what is known as Haber-Bosch-process, which uses natural gas to produce Nitrogen fertilizer (simplified explanation, there are multiple steps). So each time you see a group of Germans, you can imagine which ones would survive if we could only produce half as much food. Maybe half would survive, maybe two thirds. But the overall point is this: Food you buy at the shop is a consequence of natural gas.
Hinterher ist man immer schlauer :(
Danke Easy German für ein substanzielles Gesprächtheme! Die Vielfalt der Kommentare war unheimlich interessant. Einige Deutsche haben keinen Schimmer und begreifen den Ausmaß der Lage gar nicht. Andere Passanten waren sehr aufschlussreich. Sehr lehrreich. Nochmals Danke!
Typisch Berlin
@@jamesamarok1150 genau. Bitte betrachten, dass diese Meinungsbild sehr lokal sein kann. Es geht auch um eine grosse Stadt. In ein Dorf leben die Menschen anders.
@@jamesamarok1150 meinen Sie die Leute in andere (Deutsche) Städte kein Vielfalt an Meinungen bilden?
Ach, ich liebe diese Stadtbewohner von der idealen Welt mit dem Motto "Keine Autos, nur ÖV". Gruß aus dem Dorf mit paar Busse pro Tag (natürlich ausser Schulferien)
Ich schätze die Einstellung der Befragten in diesem Video. Sie sind positive, optimistisch und beschweren sich nicht so viel.
3:00 Ich hoffe der schwallt auch so Arrogant vor seinem Briefträger und Kellner wenn er denen erklärt wie unfassbar günstig die Lebenserhaltungskosten doch sind.
Ja der Typ ist zum k..... Richtig arrogant.
I assume you haven’t really understood what he meant then. There’s no arrogance here. He’s actually completely right
@@KleineFrauOhneName "Verstehen" tue ich solche Leute nicht, das stimmt. Was er gesagt und gemeint hat jedoch schon. Gotteskomplex gepaart mit Selbstgeiselung, ein richtiger Radikalgrüner eben. Inhalt ist leider strunz doof.
@@KleineFrauOhneName I found your comment here after having made my own reply directly on the video. I hope it's OK that I quote myself to make sure you see my point of view:
The guy in the white tanktop is completely delusional in what he says from 2:42 onwards. If Germany had not been implementing their atomausstieg, Germany and the rest of Europe would not have been dependent on Russia for energy, and Russia would have not started their illegal war of aggression against Ukraine.
People like the guy in the white tanktop have moral culpability for all the aggression happening against Ukraine currently, since so many people in Germany think the way he thinks, and by using their strategy called Ritt durch die Instanzen since the 1970 onwards, they have managed to turn these delusions into government policy.
Es ist unfassbar wie blind die Leute in diesem Land sind. 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
Total, es ist eine Katastrophe
Since 1945
A better question would have been how do they feel about a gigantic recession where they lose their job? No more 6 week vacations in Spain. The inconvenience of higher prices for individual users is bad but when German companies are no longer able to produce and the economy craters.then we'll see how people feel. The idiotic politics of both left and right in Germany are driving the country to economic suicide.
What is better : missing 6 weeks vacations in Spain or having to pass 6 weeks military instruction because Putin is threatening europe again and again and again. I think people do not realise how peace in important and what is the cost to maintain peace. they think " i do not want war, so i will automatically have peace".
Wow, so while people in Ukraine are dying under missile attacks every day poor Germans won't be able to go to Spain for 6 weeks. Poor lads
can't give in to Putin. let's hope other sources of LNG are found for the winter - afaik, EU is set for this winter with it's stockpiles. the problem is afterwards what comes next.
@@alexandrugheorghe5610 You can't find new sources, the infrastructure and ships simply do not exist, and it will take years to build and you don't even have anyone to build it.
damn you're delusional
Aus den Augen der Menschen sehe ich eine große Hoffnung und ein Zusammensein. Tolles Video zu dieser Zeit, gerade noch rechtzeitig. Danke für Easy German Team.
Ich denke, dass die meisten Leute hier die Gefahr nicht wirklich begreifen.
Es ist scheiß egal wieviel man verdient oder ob man mit Gas heizt oder nicht.
Der Gaspreis ist der Top-Entscheider für den Marktpreis für Strom und Warmwasser. Fast die Hälfte des Gases, das wir aus Russland bekommen, wird zur Stromerzeugung verwendet. Also höhere Gaspreise bedeuten höhere Strompreise, höhere Lebensmittelpreise. Gasknappheit bedeutet Stromknappheit und Lebensmittelknappheit. Und wenn etwas knapp ist, spielt es keine Rolle, ob man Millionen zu zahlen bereit ist. Wenn es einen Knappheit gibt, bedeutet das, dass man ihn nicht jeder Zeit erreichen/kaufen kann.
Das erinnert mich an den Film Casablanca; eine reiche Frau möchte Diamanten verkaufen und bittet um mehr Geld, aber sie bekommt die Antwort: "Sorry Madame, but diamonds are drug on the market. Everybody sells diamonds. There are diamonds everywhere."
Schon damals dachten die Reichen, mit Geld oder Edelsteinen könne man sich alles kaufen.
Die Generation des Krieges weiß das gut. Leider sind viele von ihnen nicht mehr bei uns, um ihre Geschichten zu erzählen. Eine Sache ist sicher; im heurigen winter werden dann alle 80+ jährigen wohl wirklich sagen können: "ein winter wie damals..."
The truth pill is hard to swallow. It's not like someone from the outside forbid the import of gas, actually no one did. So your country have chosen to work against its people, and it's not the first time... sorry but that is the truth.
The real mistake is the German policy called Atomausstieg, i.e. the abolishment of nuclear power.
Privileged people who have no idea what price of life is when they care about gas prices so much.
100% agree.
Das ist wieder ein wahnsinnig gutes Thema und irre gutes Vokabular dazu!! Vielen Dank EasyGerman Team!! :)
lmao these people have *NO* idea what's coming to them. They remind me of the passengers on Titanic after an iceberg scraped the side of the hull a little and water started creeping in. Many people on board didn't even notice, it was not a big collision. And when informed that there has been contact with an iceberg, people didn't think much of it.
Its all planned
I'm in germany and most of these people are clowns and have no clue what's coming to them. Good luck everyone
so what do you suggest to do? I guess, let Putin keep on getting what he wants by terror?
they do
The real issue will be in the winter.
That was without a doubt one of the most bizarre things I've ever watched on RUclips. The complete apathy and lack of understanding of consequences of high gas prices was simply unbelievable. I never want to hear anybody say anything about how stupid and ignorant Americans are again not after having watch this.
the common people are dumb and ignorant in any country on the world thats the whole point of politics if evary single one of your citicens was aware of whats going on and educated about how the world works you would have protests and political enemies anywhere as soon as something bad is going on
I moved to Europe from Canada and one of my hopes was to see a lot more economic/social/international literacy and understanding among people. For example, I expected after this war began, that people would question how come their governments had left the entire gas infrastructure to a Russian a supplier (Gazprom) all this time, and how come despite the ongoing crisis between Ukraine and Russia prior to the war, these governments didn't think twice about going on with whatever the Russian influenced businesses told them to about gas. Instead, all I have seen among my EU peeps is thinking NATO is the savior (!!) and, then this type of ignorant thinking "Oh I don't use gas so I'm not worried", "Oh I don't care about Russians". Yes, it's been more than 7 decades since WWII was over but, I assume people are taught some history lessons in primary school!!!? They heard stories from their parents/grandparents? NA JA!!!
Both before WW2 and now, Germany and Russia had some form of an alliance, and both times it was Germany that shot themselves in the foot by trying to go against Russia. That is your history lesson.
@@antoniorsoftware I guess they just like it... They can't be that dumb to repeat it if they don't, right? I'm not exactly sure, but what we see now may be a beginning of iteration #3
Because Russian gas keeps Germany competitive
@@yurichtube1162 creating your own energy will always be cheaper though. in the long run
@@hotdog9262 Germany is too far gone with the green crazies to be self-sufficient. Maybe once the greens go it can change. Untill then, EU needs Russia!
Der eine Typ, der meint, es würde ihn nicht betreffen, weil er eh kein Gas brauche. Dass die Wirtschaft und Industrie stark von Gas abhängen, was Auswirkungen auf die gesamte Gesellschaft hat, scheint er nicht verstanden zu haben.
Would be nice if you move sometimes outside of Prenzlauer Berg. The districts vary enormously and some people with different realities of life and less money also have different things to say. Köpenick, Hohenschönhausen, Wedding, Rudow and many more. The one with the ice cream shows quite well what is happening in Berlin. I don't want to embarrass anyone, but these people pose a problem for many Berliners. Most of them can't keep up financially, little is shared on a human level, ideas about how the city should be in the future differ, the problems are completely different. That is why there is anger against so-called “yuppies”, which means (mostly) German immigrants who are financially well off and influence districts, spread themselves out and ignore the wishes of local people. This development is particularly extreme in Prenzlauer Berg. I hope you understand what I want to say
Yeah, no hate directed towards those two, but it struck me as odd that they ate their ice cream so calmly and nonchalantly in the face of a serious question :(
…some people think the government takes care of them and some people think …💚
These people are delusional
They are lucky russia still holding back its counter sanction with regards to gas supply. If russia really retaliated with sanction since march, i dont know where germany will get its energy. You may argue that they are hesitant because of the market of EU, but, if they really want to hit back, they can indefinitely close the valve and let their gas stay on their soil, until a new buyer comes that are friendly to them
They have good other markets already. As shameful as Germany is treating them, they should be punished.
You surely know nothing about how economy works…Where will Russia get its money from if they totally cut off their gas supply…!
So optimistic folks, jealousy of their relax life.
They are not relaxed at all, they are just polite.
@@juleungewitter7513 yes, they are really polite, no doubt, been to there. As a person from turkey, second angriest country in the world, I am not so familiar to such a kindness. I am lack of beauty which lies in the eyes of beholder.
A good question for a video would be - "Do you think Germany should stop being an American vassal".
As they sang in one good song: "Ami go home!"
Do you kown how many troops the US has in Germany?
A good question for russians will be - "Where will you stop being serfs?"
@@thegarfield2414 Judging by the history of the successful Russian Revolution - when life becomes unbearable for the majority. But judging by the failed German revolution, nothing gonna help the Germans.
Es ist so unrealistisch zu glauben, dass es in Ordnung ist, mehr zu bezahlen und weniger zu haben. Stellen Sie sich nur die alten Menschen vor, die am meisten hier sind, ohne Heizung.
Die sind jetzt schon am Leiden, darum kaufen und schicken wir das Essen vom Ausland. Deutschland läßt viele alte Leute unter der Armutsgrenze. Für ein so reiches Land nur beschäment!
Great content. I like your videos and the form in which both approach the learning of German language. I'm in the phase of listening and reading material, gaining more confidence to understand the language and how it is used in common situations. No more Duolingo I think jeje. Thanks and greetings from Venezuela
What is this about, please? People want a strict energy embargo on Russia, don't they? What is the problem? Do you need to fill your storage with Russian gas before the very strict embargo on Russian energy can take place?
Very good point! Either you want what you say, or stay quiet.
good vibes from Brasil to Deutschland!
its not the end of the world, Jungs. My grandma used to shower with cold water at 4000m altitude. When the temperature reached below 0, they heated some water within a pot and got clean using max 10 liters of water.
Danke Easy German team für die Thema
Lieber Fritz, das Gasproblem ist erst der Anfang. Sie wissen noch nicht, was in der Mitte und am Ende des Films passieren wird.
Frage für Janusz, denn er nicht ein Muttersprachler von Deutsch ist: Findet er eine Menge von technischen oder seltsamen Volkabeln noch schwierig zu verstehen? Ich kann das meiste verstehen, aber wenn, zum Beispiel, der Mann um 3:30 über ''Massenenergiekonsum, Ressourcen und Rorhstoffraubau nicht mehr Treiber von Wohlstand sind'' spricht, war das fast unmöglich für mich erstmal zu verstehen. Hat Janusz alles automatisch verstanden? Hat er noch ein paar Probleme mit irgendeinen Vokabeln, oder ist sein Verständnis so gut als das eines Muttersprachlers?
Hi Kyle, hier ist Janusz: Mein aktives Deutsch ist recht gut (ich lebe gerne in dieser Sprache), aber mein passives Deutsch (d. h. meine Fähigkeit, Deutsch zu verstehen) ist unvergleichlich besser. Manchmal kann ich sogar besser verstehen als der durchschnittliche deutsche Muttersprachler, denn ich habe bewusst so viele deutsche Wörter und Ausdrücke wie möglich gelernt.
Ich glaube, jeder, der lange genug Deutsch lernt, fängt irgendwann an, herkömmliche deutsche Wörterbücher zu lesen, um Vokabeln zu finden, die er vielleicht noch nicht kennt. Wenn du irgendwann feststellst, dass du keine Vokabeln mehr findest, die du nicht kennst - dann sind deine passiven Deutschkenntnisse perfekt :D
Ganz anders verhält es sich mit den aktiven deutschen Sprachkenntnissen. Hier reicht es nicht aus, einfach nur zu wissen, einfach nur zu verstehen, sondern jede Phrase muss mühsam trainiert werden, um sie in jeder Situation automatisch anwenden zu können.
Ich wünsche dir viel Erfolg und Freude beim Deutschlernen.
Mein Rat: Mach dir keine Sorgen. Wenn man jeden Tag mit der deutschen Sprache in Kontakt ist, kommen Wissen und Routine "von selbst".
@@EasyGerman Vielen Dank für die Antwort
This is going to be fun to watch, from afar.
Erschreckend wie vielen Leuten die Weitsicht fehlt zu sehen was das alles für krasse Konsequenzen haben wird für uns. Mehr Inflation und mehr Arbeitslosigkeit, da steht die Temperatur in der Stube im Winter eher an zweiter Stelle.
10:20. DOCH! Die meisten wollten das allerdings gar nicht hören, als das Baltikum sie immer wieder vorgewarnt hatte
Die Hoffnung stirbt nicht aus. Ihr seid natürlich schaffen🙏🙏
Ich bewundere, wie eloquent dieser Idealist im Unterhemd die Dinge auf den Punkt bringt. Er hat einfach nur Recht. Man muss das Positive sehen, egal wie negativ die Umstände sind.
Oh weh. Alle nur die Heizung und die Dusche im Blick. Aber aus Gas wird in Berlin der Großteil der Fernwärme erzeugt und Strom. Da werden einige ordentlich schlucken müssen.
they seem very optimistic, so there is no problem with the gas prices
Das weisse Unterhemd ist zu alt für so eine kindische Meinung.
He is the real Slim Shady yo
@@buzifalus 😀yo
Where is "freedom gas" from Germany's Master US?
Я живу в России у меня есть газовая плита за месяц я плачу 3.5 евро. Приборов учёта нет жги сколько хочешь!.
I haven't even arrived in Berlin to start my Master's, but I have already considered transferring uni to Spain. Most Germans won't be affected as immediately and obviously, but as a foreigner that doesn't have a good enough grasp of the language yet, getting a job was already a concern. Now, it's also about getting good enough pay while under the limits of studying, which adds an extra factor of complication to the mix. And being someone who has lived in the tropics all my life and has never experienced winter, I am already in fear about what awaits.
The reasonable person in this video: 2:45
Sounds like it's not yet the best time for you to go to Germany. All the best!
I think you will be fine here :) There are many jobs here, also for students.
there's no winter in berlin, so relax. the coldest it may get is -10 once in like 6 years.
If you can transfer, you will be much better of. They don't see the consequences yet, but unless you have high income, it will get bad.
I am a German and I am very worried. Yes we should have been working on renewable energies earlier but we didn’t and now we can’t just ignore the crisis and be ignorant to the fact that we are part of a geopolitical war. We don’t need chaos we need common sense. I hope we don’t get to political but are able to come to decisions as a nation and society quickly.
Please, translate this : " Если вы переживаете об энергетическом кризисе, вы должны знать, что себестоимость энергии, получаемых из возобновляемых источников энергии намного больше , чем у традиционной энергетики. Наиболее выгодная стоимость у энергии , получаемых из АЭС , но вы теряете сами атомные станции и компетенции , разумеется. Все вопросы к вашим политикам и их идиотской "зеленой повесткой". Такими темпами вы скоро въедете в 19 век, увы"
Thanks for the Video on trending topic in DL. The Gentleman in white Vest was the best in thinking, I suppose. The rise in gas prices will affect not just DL but other countries too little later. Renewable energy sources are also affected by climate change. Hence cutting down on consumption of Energy is the only viable solution.
I disagree very strongly with what he said. I had already written a comment directly on the video when I came across your comment, so I hope it is OK that I also paste what I wrote here:
The guy in the white tanktop is completely delusional in what he says from 2:42 onwards. If Germany had not been implementing their atomausstieg, Germany and the rest of Europe would not have been dependent on Russia for energy, and Russia would have not started their illegal war of aggression against Ukraine.
People like the guy in the white tanktop have moral culpability for all the aggression happening against Ukraine currently, since so many people in Germany think the way he thinks, and by using their strategy called Ritt durch die Instanzen since the 1970 onwards, they have managed to turn these delusions into government policy.
es ist noch schwierig für mich, sondern tolles thema! danke!
Ich bin überrascht, dass die Leute im Video nicht angstvoll aussieht.. Wie kann man so ruhig bleiben? Es war sehr interessant und inspirierend, dass der Mann im weißen Hemd so sensible über die Welt und das Natur ist.. Oder die Ausdrücke von dem Mann im blauen Hemd mit Brillen waren sehr konziliant.. Ich muss wieder eine Selbsteinschätzung machen.. Beschweren wir uns so viel?..
Dear people. Gazprom has been cutting gas supplies to Europe since forever. Look up what´s been happening in other years. It´s not because the Russian owners of the gas industry (which are NOT common Russian folk) decided to "punish" someone, are you insane? We´re talking billions of dollars. It doesn´t work this way. Profit is above all, otherwise you lose competition. No. Cuts in energy, and cuts in any other industry happen for one reason only - RELATIVE OVERPRODUCTION. More gas has been produced than can be bought by the main consumers, the masses. Also, you have to take into account factory closures - production sector is a massive consumer of energy. All of these things led to the formation of "surpluses" of energy. So now the standard measure comes - cutting the production of energy. Gazprom is reducing production of gas atm. In June they cut it 30%. There are no shortages. They are just compensating their losses by raising the price.
Die Personen sind höflich und etwas verlegen, und was soll man auch tun? Niemand hier antwortet leichtherzig.
@@juleungewitter7513 Stimmt so.. höflich und konziliant sein in dieser Situation ist inspirierend, denke ich..oder nicht so viel sich beschweren.. Ich habe nichts politisch gesagt, erst habe ich die psychologische Seite gemeint. Als eine Anfängerin in der Sprache, erst habe ich etwas zu schreiben probiert. Danke das Team Easy German für ein gutes Thema und eure Mühe.
Was willst du druch Sorgen und Panik erreichen eigentlich? Was kann man durch beschweren erreichen? Wir sollten doch was tun, aber die Ergebnisse der imperialischtische Krieg werden wir spüren und wir werden auch leiden. Ist so bei Kriege. Und die Ingenieure und die Industrie wird Jahrelang benötigen um neue Prozesse und Energie Quelle zu finden. Das ist jeder klar. Beim Corona könnten wir keine Maske in Deutschland kursfristig produzieren. Aber es ist nicht schlimm, leiden macht das Leben wertwoll auf der psyschiche Ebene. Meiner Meinung nach werden wir dadruch glücklicher und sensibler.
All I can say is Easy German is absolutely different higher class than any other Easy Language presentation ...
The whole Easy Languages project grew out of Easy German. Janusz, Cari and company are the masterminds of it all, and have the most experience and resources to create content full time.
It's good to see the German cares for the less fortunate people. They are nice people and that is why Germany is one of the strongest nations in the world.
Die Atomkraft ist doch umweltfreundlich bzw. viel umweltfreundlicher als viele anderen Energiequellen
Manche Leute säen Panik, und die Herde hört auf sie.
Nehmen Sie dann den Atommüll in Empfang?
Für ca. eine Million Jahre?
@@easyhobo Es gibt mittlerweile Möglichkeiten, Atommüll zu verwerten und die Lagerzeit extrem zu reduzieren
@@easyhobo That is a myth. Used nuclear fuel decays rapidly in radioactivity. In reality, you can handle it without shielding after about 300 years.
The regulations around handling material, however, requires it to be stored for longer than this. The reason for this is that the main source of radioactivity in the interval _from_ around 300 years _until_ around 245,000 years is Plutonium. Plutonium does not exist naturally on Earth, except in trace amounts. After about 245,000 years, unconsumed Uranium takes over as the main source of radioactivity. At this point the material has a similar level of radioactivity as the Uranium mine from which the Uranium was originally obtained, so it essentially becomes part of the natural background radiation after this length of time.
There has been a scientific debate about whether one should worry about the more intense, yet shorter-lasting, radiation that comes from Plutonium (compared to Uranium). In the early days of studies of nuclear toxicity, a model called LNT was developed. This stands for "Linear, No Threshold". It basically says that the biological damage from radiation is _proportional_ to the amount of radiation.
This seems intuitive, but we must try to _prove_ it or _disprove_ it. It is now clear that the LNT model is _falsified_ and there are in fact thresholds for safe radiation. However, regulators still base their requirements on the LNT model, because of an extreme interpretation of the "precautionary principle" (Vorsorgeprinzip): Since the LNT leads to stricter requirements, we keep using the LNT, even though the model itself is false.
But the scientific fact is that Plutonium is not particularly dangerous. You can handle Plutonium with your bare hands, as indeed some people have. One man in the US has even carried some Plutonium in his body his whole life, and managed to live to an old age with no ill effects.
The thing that _is_ dangerous is the more intense, more short-lived isotopes. The longest-lived isotopes that still are sufficiently radioactive to be really harmful are Strontium-90 and Caesium-137, which both decay away after around 300 years. This is the reason why I mentioned 300 years in the first paragraph.
This is the price of following other political agenda!!
Parabéns por compartilhar conhecimento e experiências das pessoas aqui no YT 👏 👏 👏 👏
So .the USA politics has nothing to do with the situation??..just asking
No, it's only Putin to blame. Lol.
They will obey their American masters.
Well according to a slip from Mr Habeck, Nordstream 2 is under US sanctions. So who knows...
Frohes Jubiläum, Cari & Janusz ❤️
The problem is not only a household problem but also for those companies that operate on gas.
Omg these opinions. Is the average Berliner like that?
Unfortunately yes. Hedonism is their religion, ah and self- centerdness mixed with imagined superiority. Horrible.
Die einen die von Gasepreisen nicht betroffen sind... Wie heizt ihr denn euer Haus? Steckt ihr es in Brand?
2.points:green policy went wrong....and....wrong politicians in power.Who asked eu people if we want to involve in this war? If we want to be a part of this sanctions...we feel it...also outside Germany...it should be global resistance
EXACTLY!
Since when do common people have a say in wars and sanctions. Unless they march the streets and enter president mansion.
@@monkeyking-self-proclaimed7050 if nobody asked us, than we dont need to submit to their plans of reductions of energy....Their decisions effects all of us....and decisions were wrong...eu politicians never saw angry people....but soon might...
„Denkst du, dass wir es überleben werden?“ GEWITTER!!! 😂
Liebe Grüße Cari, Janusz und Manuel!
Habt ihr schon einmal Kettle und Eimer gehört? Hitzt einfach das Wasser in der Kettle und dann gießt es in einen Eimer. Das ist was ich tun.
Super Video!!! Beste Grusse aus Guatemala
Wie nett klingt die Antwort, das Haus sei mit Gas nicht beheizt. Womit werden Betriebe "beheizt" - so ist die Frage.
Die Wirtschaft verlangt viel Energie.
Der Herr ist eben auch das beste Beispiel für den Durchschnittswähler. "Wird mich schon nicht betreffen." Dass über Umwege doch eine Verkettung zum Gas besteht, dass gibt der Verstand oder die Arroganz nicht mehr her.
Und ab 4:00 dann das "F*CK" xD
@@antonsmith1497 shit happens (Forrest Gump)
Er heizt mit Zentralheizung vielleicht.
Die Wirtschaft ist für Menschen da.
Sie sprechen so schnell und ich musste auf 0.75 das Video haben, um die Deutsche zu verstehen 😂
Dankon pro la ideo.
Thank your merkel for high price gas.
She nailed it.
How happy and optimistic will these people be in winter when it's freezing cold?
Funny how some people think that because they don't heat their homes with gas the prices won't affect them. They are so entitled and stupid that I'm lost for words. They do not realize that the entire economy depends on gas. Fertilizers are made with gas, and in turn are essential for agriculture and farming. Check Sri Lanka and see what happens when you give up on fertilizers.
And lots of industries depends on gas. Aluminum production, essential for all packaging and airplanes, glass industry, chemical industry and so on.
Not to mention that without gas, or with high gas prices the energy sector will switch to petrol and coal, and that move will in turn drive up the prices of gasoline and transportation.
I am shocked to see Germans, that supposedly are highly educated, not to understand the basics of economic chains and how everything links back to energy and raw materials. Energy and raw materials that Europe is chronically short of, and has to import at a staggering rate and higher prices now.
On short, not only one's house heating is at stake. The entire European industry sector, the export competitiveness, and even the future of EU prosperity is at stake!
So far, for the last 60 years, EU has profited from a particular one sided relation with Russia, the cheapest energy and raw material provider on the planet. This allowed it to become an exporter powerhouse and have some of the highest living standards in the world.
But now, trough some miracle of pure stupidity, they "sanctioned" themselves out of the best deal of the century. Now EU will be forced to purchase gas, petrol, coal and raw materials at global exchange rates, and those rates are dictated by London Exchange and are exorbitant.
And meanwhile Asian industries will profit from Russian cheap energy and raw materials.
Who ever allowed this to happen must be prosecuted for destroying the future of hundreds of millions!
The real mistake is that Germany (and some other European countries) didn't follow the French example. France bet heavily on nuclear power following the oil crises in the 1970's, building something like 56 reactors in around 15 years. As a result, France not only has the greenest energy production of any big European country, it is also not dependant on Russia for energy.
I agree with everything you said except calling the sanctions stupid. The stupidity is the German "atomausstieg" (abandonment of nuclear power), all that has happened more recently is just the sh*t hitting the fan. The war of aggression against Ukraine _and_ the sanctions _and_ the cutting off of gas supplies were all, in my view, locked in when Germany decided to ditch nuclear power.
Der Hipster-Opa im Unterhemd soll mir besser nicht über den Weg laufen.
That comment at 8:34 where he says, "we could stop buying cars." How many Germans would be out of a job if there was a massive cut in vehicle production at BMW, Audi, Porsche, and Volvo? What’s really funny, is Trump was speaking at some world event, and he said Germany needs to stop relying on Russia for its fuel needs, and all the German politicians snickered and laughed at him.
Cooles Video, Hab noch nie von euch gehört, jetzt entdeckt, sieht cool aus :D
Wie schön, das freut uns! :)
Deutsche Stigma gegen Atomkraft ist peinlich und komisch, und ist nicht wisschenschaftbasiert
Edit: to be clear, I appreciate the being OK with tradeoffs and understanding that low energy shouldn't be at any cost. At the same time, nuclear power is available and unfairly maligned by germans who don't understand the modern technology. Fukushima is often cited, and yet why is Japan restarting their nuclear power plants? It is a tremendous source of energy for a small amount of waste.
the biggest problem they see in a densely populated country that there is no space for nuclear waste basically look at the problems in japan with it and japan is a good bit bigger then germany
I wonder if the people outside Berlin would be so comfortable with rising gas prices. Time to get out of Berlin and interview some less privileged people.
We need more permaculture, diverse trees, green walls and roofs, catch rain in rain gardens and swales everywhere. Berms and swales on contour needs to be done everywhere to catch rain. Forests need to be diversified. Homes need to be super-insulated with hempcrete and straw bale techniques. More bikeways, bike highways bridges and tunnels. Less food waste from grocery stores. They are always throwing out good food at the end of the day. It should be put on discount at the end of the day or given away. We have to help other countries be more efficient and self-sufficient and to prevent a refugee crisis and future wars. Help your brother and neighbour, otherwise you're slitting your own throat.
Very topical!
"Wir werden das schaffen." Ich mag das. Ich denke oft an diesen Spruch. Eine gute Einstellung.
Mir auch
Dan kann jeder behaupten, der alles im Überfluss hat und genießt. Wenn auf eimmal die nötigsten Sachen knapp werden und die vielen unnötigen Luxussachen ganz verschwinden, werden diejenigen, die noch nie ohne solches haben zurechtkommen müssen, eine ganz andere Weise pfeifen!
@@deralteonkel5277 So sieht es aus! Siehe Corona und Toilettenpapier. Da waren die Ellenbogen schon gut gespannt.
Why dont you ask them if there was a smart idea to sanction Russia so hard and then expect no consequences as an answer? That's what I call a stupid idea, indeed!
What do you call a good idea? Maybe, relying too much on Russian energy in previous 8 years was a good idea? Or shutting down nuclear stations? Could anyone imagine that Russia would manipulate Germany using energy resources?
Well, I guess it was, we couldn’t let Ukrainians being killed while doing nothing, and who knows what Putin would have done further if no strict sanctions had been done? (That being said, putin now sells his gaz to other countries 🤣)
What’s VERY SILLY however is the way energy transition has and is being held in Germany (when the country is known for having among the best engineers in the world) and in Europe in general 🙄 Scientists kept warning everybody that resources are scarce and that shortages would happen (and will continue to happen in the future). Whether there’s an unplanned war or not, they had been warned! But our dumb politicians think they’ll maintain economic growth without working on smart plans that will actually ensure the resilience of a continent that is FUCKING FREE of resources
@@Jesus228FBI Germany and now Belgium are for sure making a huge mistake regarding nuclear energy 🫣🫠
It's actually much worse than that. Germany played an active part in that coup in Ukraine that violently overthrew the president and gave power to the neo-Nazis. Germany also did its part in sabotaging the MinskII agreement that was supposed to end the war in Donbass. Russia supplied Germany with energy since the Soviet times, and there has never been a problem. Even during the last 8 years, Russia still tried to reach some sort of understanding with Germany, but apparently this nation is incapable of learning. Well, they didn't want to be reliant on the Russian gas - now they won't be.
A Russian who disapproves sanctioning Russia. It is a conflict of interests, isn't it?
But tbh all I wonder about is how come you're following Navalny and keep thinking this way
Verbreiten Sie Frieden und Barmherzigkeit und es ist genug, um die Erde mit Blut zu beflecken.
Für alle die ein Herz haben.
What about tankless water heaters? Was surprised nobody brought these up. They're electric and you only pay for water you use. They do come at an upfront cost, but it might be cheaper for the government to create an incentive for landlords and homeowners to install those now than to wait for the winter and have to pay higher prices to help people out and/or deal with the costs of gas shut offs. Plus, at least in theory, electrifying water heating could help prepare the infrastructure for a more sustainable electricity-focused future. Thank you for these timely videos!!
Electric heat is far less efficient than gas heat.
@@kewkabe not true. but tankless water heater might require three phase power which most of the old building cannot support
@@kewkabe it depends on system you use. Current last generation "Warm pumpe" already cheaper than gas heating for water (even with current gas prices, without future increase). The only question is that it could be probably problematic to install them on multy-family houses. For double and one family house it should be really must
Warm pump is just warm. Only about 40 Degrees. Just think about it in winter.
@@nightmaredreamscrape I have a practical example of person installed "warm pumpe" for hot water. It works, For heating he uses Split Systems of latest (A+++) generation. It also works. It is already cheaper than gas.