Germany on the inisstence o f the Greens closed down the 3 remaining nuclear power plants - so ehat else is to be expected? When idiots reigned supreme in a country what else is to be expected, Aside from that Germany also use gas for power purposes and that pesky Russians were forbidden to supply gas to Germany and Biden had the main pipeline blown up in the Baltic Sea and now german gas prices has increased by 400%.
In the meantime the collase of the electricity supply in Europe has hit the ATP 1000 Madruid open hard and only 1 match was completed today. If power is not restored the tornament would have been cancelled by Thursday the tournament would have been regarded as cancelled.
With Europe and espcially Germany ruled by idiots what else is to be expeced. The alternative line to Germany ran therough Ukraine - but all the gas for which the Germans had to pay - was shut off by the Ukraine Government after stealing the gas and npt deliver it to Germany because the Germans refused to pay for somethibng they were not receiving. Getting harder to explain BS to the voters - also in Europe. .
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The grid operator blamed extreme temperature variations ….but has since gone silent while the little men in suits craft a politically acceptable cause. Anybody want to bet this was all global warming. Or perhaps that Spanish visit to China brought back some kind of computer virus which can be transmitted by breathing..haha.
Or perhaps the grid was just too reliant on wind power somewhere in the system. We know wind power generation in Germany has dipped significantly recently…..largely because, who would have guessed it, the absence of wind.
Sounds pretty horrible….they were eating by candlelight in the players’ restaurant at the Madrid Open.
Bessent’s calls for reliable power timed rather well.