Silver 27th local time, on September 2022, Ludwigshafen, Germany, chimneys and gas tanks of BASF chemical plant. Visual China Picture
German broadcaster RTL/ntv A poll released on October 4 showed that when Russia completely stopped supplying natural gas to Germany through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, about 58% of Germans still believe that the government can ensure sufficient gas supply this winter through other means.
According to Reuters , Forsa, the research institute responsible for the execution of polls, interviewed a total of 1,008 Germans. The poll found that only one-third of respondents said they would respond to possible disruptions in energy supply, such as buying heaters or burning wood stoves.
On the other hand, the reduction in Russian natural gas supply has forced Germany to increase natural gas imports from places outside Russia. Germany signed an agreement with United Arab Emirates last month, and the UAE will provide liquefied natural gas to Germany by the end of December.
In addition, Germany may also extend the operating period of the last three nuclear power plants, and nuclear power plants originally scheduled to be closed by the end of this year may be postponed until next spring. The above poll also found that about 68% of the Germans surveyed agreed to postpone the closure of nuclear power plants until 2024.
