One can sense the engineers are unhappy. Why not let us play with the new toys? We'll keep gas levels where you need them politically, but let us test the new equipment. You need to afford us that opportunity if you want us to stay in your employ.
The politicians do not want that to happen. The newly completed NS2, the second nostril, must not be used, even though NS1 is now closed and Germany is not getting enough gas. It can only hold its breath for so long. The engineers want to breathe through the other nostril.
The politicians, lawyers for the most part, do not buy into "code is law" or any of the "world domination" bull crap. Engineers do not really exist as a class. Said the Eloi, about the Morlocks.