{"id":63780,"date":"2022-10-12T17:47:10","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T22:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=63780"},"modified":"2022-10-12T17:47:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T22:47:10","slug":"germans-told-to-stop-whining-wear-2-sweaters-and-have-candles-and-flashlights-ready-in-case-of-blackouts-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=63780","title":{"rendered":"Germans told to stop whining, wear 2 sweaters and have candles and flashlights ready in case of blackouts this winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"post-headline-wrapper\n           default-headline\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"post-headline  \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/german-politician-stop-whining-wear-sweaters-candles-blackouts-energy-crisis-2022-10\">Germans told to stop whining, wear 2 sweaters and have candles and flashlights ready in case of blackouts this winter<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"l-content\" class=\" is-right-rail   with-rail-video-ad\" data-track-page-area=\"Post\" data-post-content=\"\">\n<section class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<article>\n<figure class=\"figure image-figure-image  \" data-type=\"img\" data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\">\n<div class=\"aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/63469941d2050f0011d3ea2e?width=700\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/63469941d2050f0011d3ea2e?width=400&amp;format=jpeg&amp;auto=webp 400w, https:\/\/i.insider.com\/63469941d2050f0011d3ea2e?width=500&amp;format=jpeg&amp;auto=webp 500w, https:\/\/i.insider.com\/63469941d2050f0011d3ea2e?width=700&amp;format=jpeg&amp;auto=webp 700w, https:\/\/i.insider.com\/63469941d2050f0011d3ea2e?width=1000&amp;format=jpeg&amp;auto=webp 1000w, https:\/\/i.insider.com\/63469941d2050f0011d3ea2e?width=1300&amp;format=jpeg&amp;auto=webp 1300w, https:\/\/i.insider.com\/63469941d2050f0011d3ea2e?width=2000&amp;format=jpeg&amp;auto=webp 2000w\" alt=\"Wolfgang Schaeuble attends the first of a two-day federal party congress of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) on September 09, 2022.\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"image-caption headline-bold\" data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">Wolfgang Sch\u00e4uble, former president of the German parliament, told Bild-TV that people should wear two sweaters this winter amid the energy crisis.\u00a0<\/figcaption><span class=\"image-source-caption \"><span class=\"image-source headline-regular\" data-e2e-name=\"image-source\">Sean Gallup\/Getty Images<\/span><\/span><\/figure>\n<div>\n<section class=\"post-content typography   \" data-track-content=\"\" data-post-type=\"post\">\n<div id=\"piano-inline-content-wrapper\" data-piano-inline-content-wrapper=\"\">\n<section class=\"inline-offer auto-renew-29\" data-offer-key=\"auto-renew-29\" data-component-type=\"inline-offer\" data-place-after-element-selector=\".post-content .content-lock-content p\"><\/section>\n<div data-component-type=\"content-lock\" data-load-strategy=\"exclude\">\n<div class=\"content-lock-content\">\n<ul class=\"summary-list\">\n<li>German politician Wolfgang Sch\u00e4uble said on Bild-TV people should stop whining in the energy crisis.<\/li>\n<li>He told Germans to wear two sweaters in cold temperatures and have candles ready for blackouts.<\/li>\n<li>Germany and the rest of Europe face high energy bills as Russia chokes gas supply to the continent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"formContainer\" class=\"inline-newsletter-signup headline-regular\" data-component-type=\"inline-newsletter-module\" data-event-label=\"insider_today\" data-list=\"Insider Today\" data-acq-source=\"inlinesignupfenrir\"><\/div>\n<p>Germans should stop whining and be prepared with sweaters and candles this winter in case of blackouts amid the energy crisis, according to politician Wolfgang Sch\u00e4uble.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on Tuesday with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bild.de\/politik\/inland\/politik-inland\/schaeuble-appell-in-energiekrise-dann-zieht-man-halt-einen-pullover-an-81579756.bild.html\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" data-analytics-post-depth=\"40\">Bild-TV<\/a>, the former finance minister and president of the German government said Germans should &#8220;just put on a sweater, or maybe a second sweater&#8221; in the event of a freezing-cold winter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You don&#8217;t have to whine about it, you have to recognize that a lot of things can&#8217;t be taken for granted,&#8221; he told the news channel.<\/p>\n<p>European leaders have raised\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/markets.businessinsider.com\/news\/stocks\/europe-is-preparing-for-power-outages-this-winter-1031780713\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" data-analytics-post-depth=\"60\">concerns<\/a>\u00a0about the possibility of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/markets.businessinsider.com\/news\/commodities\/europe-energy-crisis-gas-prices-organized-blackouts-power-cuts-uk-2022-8\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" data-analytics-post-depth=\"60\">power cuts<\/a>\u00a0this winter because of the squeeze in energy supplies. &#8220;That&#8217;s why you should always have a few candles, matches and a flashlight at home,&#8221; Sch\u00e4uble told Bild-TV.<\/p>\n<p>The 80-year-old also warned Germans not to assume the government could solve financial problems such as soaring inflation and energy costs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we suggest to people that everything is unlimited, we are overexploiting. Then people get the impression that the state can do everything \u2013 that is not sustainable,&#8221; Sch\u00e4uble told Bild-TV.<\/p>\n<p>Russia continues to hold back natural gas supplies to Europe after the West imposed sanctions on Moscow for invading Ukraine. As a result of the shortages, energy prices have sky-rocketed, leaving some people struggling to afford\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/cost-of-living-there-are-more-food-banks-mcdonalds-uk-2022-9\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" data-analytics-post-depth=\"100\">food<\/a>\u00a0and other basic items.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"post-content-more\">\n<section class=\"content-recommendations-component inline\" data-component-type=\"content-recommendations\" data-delay-third-party-scripts=\"true\" data-provider=\"dad\" data-premium-state=\"\" data-renderer=\"inline\" data-container-name=\"content-recommendations-inline\" data-recommendations-placement=\"\" data-root-margin=\"250px 0px\" data-ga-tracking-enabled=\"true\" data-ga-tracking-event-action-prefix=\"related_in-post_single_article\" data-ga-tracking-event-action-template=\"\" data-ga-tracking-event-category=\"membership_endstory_reco_modules\" data-ga-tracking-click-label=\"\" data-ga-tracking-load-label=\"\">\n<div class=\"content-recommendations-title-container\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germans told to stop whining, wear 2 sweaters and have candles and flashlights ready in case of blackouts this winter Wolfgang Sch\u00e4uble, former president of the German parliament, told Bild-TV that people should wear two sweaters this winter amid the energy crisis.\u00a0Sean Gallup\/Getty Images German politician Wolfgang Sch\u00e4uble said on Bild-TV people should stop whining [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,5],"tags":[79,9218,281,359,33255,694,885,13381],"class_list":["post-63780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-energy-2","category-geopolitics","tag-blackouts","tag-business-insider","tag-europe","tag-germany","tag-kate-duffy","tag-russia","tag-winter","tag-wolfgang-schauble"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63781,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63780\/revisions\/63781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}