Coal as an antidote against Russian gas. As the EU is preparing to survive winter

In order to say no "no" to Russian energy resources, EU countries have six months to accumulate raw oil supplied by sea, and eight for oil pipelines. Not Russia is gradually replacing Russia as a major gas importer. Portugal and Poland are the most prepared for winter. Their storage facilities are filled by 100 and 97%, respectively. According to Gas infrastructure Europe, Germany reached 62. 92%, France - 65. 2%, Italy - 61. 62%, Netherlands - 54. 77%, Bulgaria - 35. 4%, Denmark - 80. 96%, Hungary - 42.

04%, Austria - 46. 55%, Czech Republic - 70. 94%, Belgium - 62. 5%, Latvia - 46. 45%. Germany, together with other EU countries, has signed a memorandum with Israel and Egypt to increase the import of Israeli gas. The agreement began to operate on June 15 and will remain valid for three years, and then it will automatically continue for another two years. In general - by 2027.

In addition, the German government has promised to provide 15 billion euros through the KFW State Bank to ensure repositories in Germany. Moreover, Britain is ready to open the largest gas repository of Rough if Russia blocks supply to Europe. The storage was closed in 2017. Before that, he pumped about 70% of all "winter" gas reserves of the kingdom.

After moving to alternative energy sources, the storage facility will be used to store "green" hydrogen, so it will continue to be required in the country's energy industry. The Polish oil and gas company PGNIG will expand the capacity of its own gas storage facilities by 25%. This will store another 800 million cubic meters of gas. The purpose of each EU countries is to reach 80% of gas storage. But even this will not survive winter only with gas. Coal is in progress. The spoiler is not Russian.

Europe gives a second life to its own fossil fuel. And as Ecosamite in Glasgow, on November 12, 2021, the Scottish Glasgow ended the Climate Summit COP26, where 197 countries signed the so-called climate pact, which during 2030-2040 should completely abandon the use of coal. As it turned out - not for long. Russia's war against Ukraine and the sanctions applied to the aggressor country are somewhat changed by econamira.

On June 19, Germany, in order to reach the end of the heating season, announced the reconciliation of its own coal mines. The last coal mine in Germany closed in 2018 in order to reduce harmful emissions from coal, but in 2022 the mine again in time. The Ministry of Energy of Germany assures that measures to restore the coal industry, according to the preliminary plan, are taken by 2023. Austria also went through a neighbor - made a decision to open a coal power plant in Mellah, near Graz.

It was closed in the country last - in the spring of 2020 - within the transition to "green" energy sources. In the event of an emergency, this power plant can produce coal electricity. The British coal power plant West Burton will also work this winter. There are currently negotiations regarding the opening of the Woodhouse Colliery coal mine in the County Cambria in the northwest of the country. This will be the first three decades to restore the mines.

As Europe has come down the environmental path on the one hand, the actions of governments are illogical in terms of ecositization in the world. Especially, given that coal is considered the most harmful fossil in terms of its combustion products - lead, sulfur, formaldehyde. But there is one thing but. Currently, the actions of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, who is ready to give an order to destroy the whole people, are even more deadly.

The priorities have changed dramatically. Not in favor of the environmental situation in terms of Glasgow, but for the benefit of people. Because it is the Maslow pyramid that basic needs must first be provided and then the question of something higher is raised. In the winter, the need for citizens to heat their homes is the same basic need that the governments of the countries are obliged to provide. Moreover, coal is used not only for heating, but also for electricity production.

This deprives the world of dependence on the energy resources of the Russian Federation until the country has finally switched to renewable energy sources. Russia put Europe on a gas hook. Now the task is to break from it as soon as possible. Instead of a post -speech, in order not to support Russia in the war against Ukraine, the world must return from the era of the era of coal.