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gumishu   
30 Sep 2021
Life / Energy - Poland [71]

About a ton of water is needed to mine a ton of coal. I

there is enough ground water in Polish mines as far as I know
gumishu   
30 Sep 2021
Life / Energy - Poland [71]

One of them is about 50km

50 km is enough for a mine to have a minimal influence on ground waters
gumishu   
30 Sep 2021
News / How strongly are Poles sure that president Duda defend Poland's interests ? [265]

He also describes how Wałęsa negotiated the fast withdrawal of Soviet troops from Poland.

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
gumishu   
30 Sep 2021
Life / Energy - Poland [71]

As far as I know, the two hydro plants in Silesia,

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 doesn't lack hydro,

Poland has limited amound of hydroenergetic potential in the same manner as Sahara
gumishu   
30 Sep 2021
News / Unfulfilled promises by PiS [559]

of public ridicule to achieve his aims -

yes, his aims to gain power, promote himself and boast around the world
gumishu   
30 Sep 2021
Life / Energy - Poland [71]

however solar does have immense value

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)
gumishu   
30 Sep 2021
Life / Energy - Poland [71]

there are a couple of coal mines in Małopolska and there are a couple of hydro electric power plants in the region too.

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)

is lost in the cooling process.

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
gumishu   
30 Sep 2021
Life / Energy - Poland [71]

then it's stored by batteries

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
gumishu   
30 Sep 2021
News / Unfulfilled promises by PiS [559]

a kind of method to his madness...

a method to boast and promote himself - yes, indeed
gumishu   
30 Sep 2021
Life / Energy - Poland [71]

Actually some hydro plants in Poland are located in mining regions

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)
gumishu   
18 Sep 2021
News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1199]

show PiS is not the most popular among voters any longer. They were for a long time, but its over.

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
gumishu   
18 Sep 2021
News / Unfulfilled promises by PiS [559]

read the article pleas

especially check how the earnings of Polish officials compare to those in other countries in absolute figures
gumishu   
18 Sep 2021
News / Unfulfilled promises by PiS [559]

Elected officials are supposed to set an example.

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
gumishu   
18 Sep 2021
News / Polish PM Tusk- dictator or not? What Poles think? [455]

PiS` inborn lying nature to the EU having right or not of freezing funds

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 :)
gumishu   
18 Sep 2021
News / Unfulfilled promises by PiS [559]

Countdown for the "PO was worse!" defenses of PiS.... 4, 3, 2, 1...

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?
gumishu   
18 Sep 2021
News / Poland highest inflation in 20 years [319]

One is always force to vote for so-called "lesser evil".

for me it's exactly PiS that is the lesser evil - but I do realise that they fvck up things quite often
gumishu   
17 Sep 2021
News / Polish PM Tusk- dictator or not? What Poles think? [455]

Of course the EU has already done it but PiS bandits are desperately trying to wave away reality with their silly propaganda.

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
gumishu   
17 Sep 2021
News / Poland highest inflation in 20 years [319]

PiS is that they don't have voters (wyborcy), they have believers (wyznawcy).

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)
gumishu   
17 Sep 2021
News / Polish PM Tusk- dictator or not? What Poles think? [455]

Those rightists lie day and night, even when they sleep.

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
gumishu   
16 Sep 2021
News / Polish PM Tusk- dictator or not? What Poles think? [455]

Merged:

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
gumishu   
16 Sep 2021
News / Poland highest inflation in 20 years [319]

all the "jobs" in the service industry gone.

what you stated by the above is just nonsense - maybe you perceive the service industry gone because you work in tourism (and foreign at that) - if that's the case it is just your narrow personal perspective

edit: ok - you're right actually - i wasn't reading carefully - you are probably right about the EU money and Polish boom
gumishu   
14 Sep 2021
Classifieds / I am from Yaounde, Cameroon searching for a job in Poland [11]

hotel or a driver or a warehouse agent etc in poland

getting a work in Poland in the fields you mention without decent knowledge of Polish might prove impossible unless you are part of a gang with a foreman who can communicate in Polish - you can try Uber though but maybe they prefer Indians
gumishu   
14 Sep 2021
News / Poland highest inflation in 20 years [319]

PiS theory for the last 6 years has been a financial disaster.

man I don't know where you live, but it's probably somewhere nearer the Moon than Poland - Poland was booming before covid - if you haven't that's probably not the governments fault
gumishu   
14 Sep 2021
Genealogy / Name of a town in Poland in early 1900's [32]

sounds like Frostianne

you guys are focused too much on the word town - and I guess it's a village called Chrósciane (or Chróścina) -