- Temperatures might be soaring across Germany but staying warm this winter without Russian gas — which until the start of the war supplied over 50% of annual demand — is already a pressing concern.
- Yet members of Germany’s coalition government want fracking to be reconsidered as a potential solution to the coming gas crunch.
- The ban, which was due to be reviewed in 2021 but remains in place, extends to deep lying “unconventional” shale gas deposits that can only be extracted through hydraulic fracturing.
Can Germany frack its way out of the energy crisis? 15.08.2022
