Life / Energy - Poland [71]


the producers are (almost entirely) state-owned companies (and not big capital or oligarch owned) and don't need to generate profit beyond what is necessary to continue operation, darling :)


yes there are subsidies to coal mining in Poland (mostly indirect subsidies - like the subsidising of miners' pensions) - it is all worth it if you ask me - thanks to energy sector being state owned he have (in a sense used to have) cheap and stable electricity

as for retail buyers of coal, Poland allows for import from Russia and elsewher - that's one - two: coal heating is still the cheapest option if you live in the countryside and don't have access to gas grid (which is my case)

Life / Energy - Poland [71]


we cannot rely on Russians to supply us for political reasons (the same reasons why Poland is trying to end dependency on Russian gas) - also if you didn't notice the price of coal on the world markets fluctuates heavily - the current price on the european markets is around 200 dollars per ton (and it was less than 125 $ at the end of June) - at the same time Polish power plants buy Polish coal at less than 60 dollars a ton

Life / Energy - Poland [71]


ok I admit - I have very limited knowledge of how Polish coal mines look like - maybe the ground water they have to get rid of (I suppose you agree there is ground water in Polish mines) is not enough or too poor quality to use directly in mining processes (if it is too poor quality the limitation would be the efficiency of cleansing facilities) - so yeah I don't really know if mines use up water from elsewhere (but I somehow doubt it)

I know though there are ground waters in the mines here in Poland and they need to get rid of it : I just read the first sentences of a document about minining in Silesia and it states this: (google translate is your friend)

" Wraz z wydobyciem złóż węgla kamiennego z kopalń w Górno-śląskim Zagłębiu Węglowym (GZW) nieodzowne jest wytłoczenie na powierzchnię znacznych ilości wód podziemnych, których obecność wynika z poziomej i pionowej strefowości hydrogeochemicznej w obszarze

tego basenu węglowego"

the bolding is mine of course

Life / Energy - Poland [71]


if you didn't notice even oceans have limited volume - as for subsoil groundwaters (in areas without mining) they are simply replenished by rainfall - at least here in Europe

Life / Energy - Poland [71]


there is enough ground water in Polish mines as far as I know

News / How strongly are Poles sure that president Duda defend Poland's interests ? [265]


and gained favours in PO: he became an ambassador in Latvia and then Armenia during the PO rule - so far for his objectivism

Life / Energy - Poland [71]


50 km is enough for a mine to have a minimal influence on ground waters

News / How strongly are Poles sure that president Duda defend Poland's interests ? [265]


hehe fast withdrawal - 1989 till 1993 - Wałęsa also wanted to give the former Soviet garrisons a quasi ex-territorial status for Russian businesse to operate in Poland -

also noteworthy: Jerzy Marek Nowakowski left PiS in 2007 :) - enough said for me

Life / Energy - Poland [71]


the Porąbka dam is used as a lower reservoir and there is an upper reservoir called Żar (they are in the current Silesian voievodship)


Poland has limited amound of hydroenergetic potential in the same manner as Sahara

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yes, his aims to gain power, promote himself and boast around the world

Life / Energy - Poland [71]


solar plants are perfectly ok in Sahara, hydroelectric power is grand for Norway - however Poland had neither the reliable sunshine nor enough hydroelectric potential -

even combining the two (as in pumping water from a lower level reservoir to a higher level reservoir during the day to supply energy at night) won't be enough for Polish economy

- (nota bene - the two reservoir method was used in the past in exactly the opposite manner - to fill up the upper reservoir at night so electricity was produced during the time of heaviest usage ie. during the day(industry) and evening(homesteads)

Life / Energy - Poland [71]


all those hydro plants in Małopolska are located in the Karpathian mountains and are far from coal-bearing regions - trust me - I know Polish geography quite well

there is a dam in the Silesian coal-bearing region (Goczałkowice on the Wisła river) -but it's main purpose is to supply parts of Silesia with water - (I don't know if there are any power generators there but even if there are they are a minor source)


you probably mean electricity generating from burning coal (or lignite) - yes the energetic sector uses up some whater but the biggest Polish coal plants are located on the major rivers (and yes severe hydrological drought may cause disruptions in their work) - they are also located all around Poland -

if you claim that Poland has not prepared for severe droughts (and blame PiS for that) I'd like to point you to a severe drought in Germany and Sweden in 2018 (even Ireland experienced an odd drought that year if I recall correctly) - would you say that they have prepared well for such an occurrence in those countries

Life / Energy - Poland [71]


no one has so far discovered batteries that would store enough energy that would supply a domestic household a mere month and you are talking about half of the year

News / Unfulfilled promises by PiS [559]


a method to boast and promote himself - yes, indeed

Life / Energy - Poland [71]


you are talking nonsense Atch - no hydro plant is located in mining areas - also coal mining doesn't use up water - it just pumps it out from the pits/mines into rivers

you should sometimes think twice before saying some other people are incompetent

also mining areas comprise about 5 per cent of the Polish territory - the drought in Poland in recent years was caused simply by smaller than usual rainfall (and also higher than usual temperatures)

News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1199]


I don't really know what you mean: if you mean that PiS is not the party with the biggest support then you are wrong but if you mean that the opposition parties together have more support it is indeed true - but remember the last election: PiS got 43 per cent of votes that translated into the majority in the parliament

News / Why is no one on here talking about the man killed by the Police in Lubin? [29]


the police were called because the guy started throwing rocks at windows according to the article I linked

News / Unfulfilled promises by PiS [559]


especially check how the earnings of Polish officials compare to those in other countries in absolute figures

News / Unfulfilled promises by PiS [559]


set an example of what? poverty?
read the article please: money.pl/gospodarka/polski-posel-zarobi-teraz-ponad-dwa-razy-tyle-co-kowalski-sprawdzamy-jak-jest-za-granica-6668253005089280a.html

News / Why is no one on here talking about the man killed by the Police in Lubin? [29]

zactly Novichok - the man was on drugs as far as I know, and wouldn't obey the police orders - **** happens sometimes (I doubt anyone in their right mind think they meant to kill the guy)

News / Polish PM Tusk- dictator or not? What Poles think? [455]


as for Buda's statement, I believe he experssed his conviction on the final outcome of the situation with the EU and the so called 'LGBT free regions' - you don't lie if you express your conviction :)

News / Unfulfilled promises by PiS [559]


you talk like a true populist now - how big a part do the salaries of ministers and the parliament members consitute in the Polish budget - care to reveal?

News / Poland highest inflation in 20 years [319]


for me it's exactly PiS that is the lesser evil - but I do realise that they fvck up things quite often

News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1199]


oh yeah he is an islamophobe - must be his Polish genes :P Poles are born that way

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I'm not sure the EU (I believe you have the EU commission in mind) has the legal right to do so under the European treaties - I see this as an attmept to strongarm Poland - and the outcome of the situation is not evident if you ask me

News / The ruling party in Poland tries to take American owned TV news station off the air [528]


listen to this man if you want to talk about health service reform in Poland (unless you are prejudiced against him or have an attention span of 3 year old): youtu.be/w2LxR3LubUQ

News / Poland highest inflation in 20 years [319]


almost 40 per cent of adult Polish population is part of a cult? interesting thought - however i do not concur - as I don't worship PiS and Kaczyński (but I never had and never will vote for PO, PSL or SLD mafias)

News / Polish PM Tusk- dictator or not? What Poles think? [455]


pawian - ok, give me an example of lies by PiS from the latest day or well night - after all you know what you are typing, don't you

News / The ruling party in Poland tries to take American owned TV news station off the air [528]


would you like the KRRiT to deny TVN the concession as per the current law?

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Truthful as Tusk

it's old news I know, but..

in July in a public speech in Szczecin Donald Tusk claimed that in fact the 500+ programme was the idea of his party and that Ewa Kopacz was working on introducing it:

the thing is Ewa Kopacz publicly stated that: "there is no money for the 500+ programme and there won't be" (she said the same thing as Jacek Rostowski former PO finance minister: polskatimes.pl/jacek-rostowski-pieniedzy-na-realizacje-obietnic-pis-nie-ma-i-nie-bedzie-video/ar/9019491

also Marek Sawicki (the agriculture minister in the PO-PSL government) stated that he doesn't remember any plans to introduce anything similar to 500+ in the times of Ewa Kopacz: tvp.info/54727941/premier-kopacz-byly-proponowane-takie-rozwiazania-jak-500-plus-sawicki-nie-przypominam-sobie

Tusk himself said in 2019 that he doesn't regret that his government didn't introduce 500+ :
tvp.info/54705394/500-plus-donald-tusk-platforma-wymyslila-kopacz-prawie-go-wprowadzila