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		midoridensha on Dec 12, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The five-year engineering feat Germany pulled off ... >It's the result of cheap fossil fuels, provided by Russia. So what did Germany do for heat before the wall fell and they got cheap fuels from Russia?

warpspin on Dec 12, 2022 | [–]

> So what did Germany do for heat before the wall fell and they got cheap fuels from Russia?

Germany used to be heated by gas created from coal and coal directly till about the 1960ies. Starting with the 1970ies already, the Soviet Union began delivery of natural gas.

brodock on Dec 12, 2022 | [–]

Coal

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