Officials to dial down heat at German capital’s gas-heated lidos by 2C to help reduce reliance on Russian exports
Berlin’s outdoor swimming pools will be two degrees chillier this summer than in previous years, in what the state operator says is its contribution towards reducing German reliance on Russian gas.or lidos, which start to open this week, will be kept below the weather-dependent standard temperature throughout the summer season.
“We have made this decision because we wanted to make a contribution to the reduction of gas imports”, said a spokesperson for Berliner Bäder-Betriebe, Europe’s largest communal pool operator. In a related political gesture, Berlin’s public baths have been free to use for holders of Ukrainian passports since March.Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression inhas exposed Germany’s reliance on the import of Russian natural gas, which has increased over the last decade in spite of warnings from east-central European and Baltic states that the Kremlin could use its energy resources as a geopolitical tool.
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