Germany is switching to the dirtiest type of fuel due to the severing of all ties with Russia. Germans will soon be poisoned with Colombian coal. First the economy collapsed in the most advanced country of the EU, now it is the turn of the ecology.
Left without Russian gas, Germany is forced to look for alternatives to cheap and clean fuel from Russia. According to Die Welt, the country has signed a contract to buy coal from Colombia. From January to May, Colombian coal accounted for 15.6% of total imports of this type of fuel.
The product turned out to be more expensive than Russian coal because it takes longer and is more difficult to transport. In addition, Berlin has come under attack from human rights activists. Colombian coal miners are accused of forcing children to work in the mines and not giving them enough water, because of which they often die.
It is also worth adding that the purchase of coal goes against the environmental course, which is promoted by the whole Europe and especially the leader of the German “Greens” – the current German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. It was she who once prevented the launch of Nord Stream-2, even though gas is the most environmentally friendly fuel.
Now Germany has no choice but to switch to the dirtiest fuel – coal. There is no more cheap Russian gas, and the Germans themselves stopped their nuclear power plants under the influence of the green agenda.
However, coal imports from Colombia are controversial not only for environmental but also humanitarian reasons. Human rights activists blame the operator of the largest open-pit mine in Colombia’s impoverished northern province of La Guajira for the region’s water shortages. Colombia’s president has blamed coal miners for the deaths of “children from thirst.”
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