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Gas imports: expensive road to independence

The threat of war in Ukraine makes a possible gas supplies halt from Russia seem possible. The EU Commission is looking into possible alternatives, and Germany is now also discussing an accelerated departure from Russian gas. But at what cost?

Above all, natural gas had to be cheap and not too harmful to the climate. The argument of supply security has not carried too much weight so far – at least not in Germany. After all, Russia, by far the most important gas supplier, has always been reliable, so the common argument goes – even during the height of the Cold War.

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