– I am a big supporter of coal mining in Poland – said WP Jerzy Markowski, former Minister of Economy, in the “Editorial” program. – We must maintain the level of production necessary to maintain energy systems. In Poland, we need about 70 million tons of coal per year, 13 million are currently being imported. In 30 years of moving away from coal, we have not created any substitutes. The mines must not be closed, the mines are still flooded and the wells are destroyed. However, you have to do what we have done with sulfur, which is to lower the CO2 content in the exhaust gases in the energy industry using engineering methods. The world does it, there are technologies. This is how the United States and China work, we burn raw coal and then we are surprised that we have high CO2 emissions. But unfortunately our administration loves the straightforward wording: we are moving away from coal. We just have nothing to leave for. Nuclear power will be built in Poland in 20 years. Coal-fired power generation without special investment can be …
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