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What is the public perception of both the responsible party for - and the duration of - the massive rise in gas prices? If the perception is that Russia is to largely to blame, does that blunt the anger at the government (and what does it suggest as possible solutions)? Could the dependence on Russian gas finally become a political liability, or do certain factions of the German elite (e.g. led by Schröder and other former officials) exert enough influence that they will find a way to point the blame elsewhere?

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Been thinking about this for a bit and there is another aspect of this. The brutal version of this is that the clean energy revolution or ESG ( Environmental, Social and Governance) will be done on the backs of the working poor. Three examples, our heating bill doubled (from 40 a month to 70) an extra 30€ is less than my wife and I spend going out to dinner. I just gassed up (or petroled up for you Brits) at 1,67€ expensive but working from home saves me 350€ a month, so I'm way ahead. The working poor usually don't have that option, many need a car to get to work. 3rdly and I can't find the article but Germany's "greenest" city, walkable, solar panels on every house super exclusive, at the end of the article the mayor commented that it was an expensive city and the average German couldn't afford it. He also mentioned how everyone was opposed to the shipping industry bail out, those blue collar jobs should be shipped off to china.

So the whole point of this is will we see the rise of the Yellow Vests protests here. I think it could easily piggy back on the anti vax protest.

So the point of the

Secondly the ADAC (?) complained that soon driving will be a luxury for the rich.

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The Greens have one huge advantage over their counterparts in other European countries - Germans won't be getting their heating bills for another 8-10 months giving him time to twist arms pass laws etc. Once they get their bills than all bets are off.

Note: those who are getting huge heating bills now are typically those with SFD, or the more well off. For me a doubling of my heating bill is a pain but no real hardship.

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