German Senator Warns of Hot Water Rationing Amid Rising Gas Scarcity

German city of Hamburg will ration hot water of private homes and limit maximum heating temperature in case of a sharp gas shortage, its environment senator has said as Germany braces for possible outages of Russian gas imports. “In an acute gas shortage, warm water could only be made available at certain times of the day in an emergency,” said Hamburg Senator for the Environment Jens Kerstan. Kerstan also vowed the city could further consider a general reduction of the maximum room temperature in the district’s heating network, the local Welt am Sonntag daily reported on Saturday. Households and critical…