Barborka is approaching – the festival of mining. Sad vacation for Polish mining. A sad vacation for me, too. The male part of my household has worked for respective generations on 2 Siemianowice mines of KWK “Siemianowice” (formerly – Vereinigte Siemianowitz Steinkohlengruben) and KWK “Michal”.
That's where my great-great-grandfather died in the late 19th century. Joseph Maniura. There he was wounded by the Germans on September 1, 1939, my great-grandfather Joseph Boruta. From there my great-grandfather Mikołaj Jastrzeżski went to the Silesian uprising. My father Eugenius worked his full life there. These mines are gone.
Subsequent governments after 1989 under different names liquidated our coal manufacture at Brussels' request. Today's Law and Justice Government, despite social rhetoric, has consistently liquidated further mines in the interests of the large and powerful. It was during the regulation of this formation that the final timetable for the liquidation of hard coal mines in Poland was presented, which would not be ashamed of Balcerowicz and Buzek. Throughout the regulation of good change they are released in a tiny number of miners. It is worth noting that in fresh years there has been information about the willingness of HMS Bergbau to build a fresh mine. This company wanted to build mines in Poland on the erstwhile resources of JSW (part of the infrastructure of Kop. Krupiński) It didn't happen either. The opponents of coal supported by abroad centres are effective and influential in Poland.
The conflict in Ukraine showed how powerfully we are dependent on coal from outside Poland. Especially Russian coal. present we buy coal at fabulously advanced prices in exotic countries. Our coal power plants and another plants in our country will most likely be operating for another 50 years. Our Polish mining manufacture has liquidated and continues to liquidate without a real alternative. Logic indicates that you gotta have real safety first, and then possibly gradually leave coal. And I'm marking it as possible. due to the fact that we don't know if the mining processes will change in a fewer years and if they won't be profitable. fresh technologies will most likely usage black gold. According to experts, coal is future-oriented, as serious economies like Chinese, American or Russian know.
Ecology is an apparent tool for powerful and influential. It aims to safe the remains of manufacture in colonized countries. It is worth noting that the planet Bank lent EUR 250,000,000 to Poland for the “green programme” implemented by the Ministry of Climate and Environment and the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management as part of the Clean Air project. The money is to be utilized for subsidies and various types of incentives to exchange furnaces. It's about fighting coal, of course. The planet Bank itself is not hiding it.
"With the Polish institutions and the European Commission, 3 years ago we helped to make the basis of a universal, nationwide programme to improve air quality in Poland. Our cooperation now comes to a higher level through a combination of financial and substantive support aimed at strengthening Clean Air. We want to support the decarbonisation of territory heating in 5 years of our partnership, to contribute to expanding the availability of the programme and to aid velocity it up," said the planet Bank manager for the European Union Gallina A. Vincelette.
Recently, I attended 2 meetings with the b. Deputy Minister in Government Józef Oleksi Jerzy Markowski (He served as State Secretary at the Ministry of manufacture and Trade from 1995 to 1996, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Economy in 1997). The meetings afraid the condition of Polish mining, of course. For many years, I have been saying that 2 experts talk about Polish mining and Polish energy safety in a competent and consistent manner. Andrzej Szczęsniak George Markowski. These meetings confirmed it.
Markowski's lecture could be titled "How Polish mining in III Poland was destroyedIt’s okay. ” any data. We have coal in Poland for 200 years on current extraction. This is simply a documented case. erstwhile the Polish People's Republic was converted to a fresh Poland, we had 72 mines, more than 480,000 miners and mining at 198 million tonnes. It was among another things the legacy of a large patriot Jan Mithragi. What's today? 14 mines (which are inactive closed by the PiS government, despite the full mouth of economical sovereignty phrases), 72,000 miners and 52 million mining. During Buzek's reign 24 mines were closed, including 11 with deposits. Among them were real pearls like KWK Makoshowy and KWK Krupiński. The authorities in Poland were overzealous and did much more than the European Union expected. It's hard to believe, but the current government in the sub-arm situation allows for further disposal of miners. In fresh years, more than 4,000 of them have left their jobs. It's a beautiful large mine.
Markowski surely dealt with the false dogma of the Polish participation in global CO2 emissions. He clearly and clearly stated that Poland is not to save the world. We shouldn't care about this at all. Poland's emissions are 1 percent worldwide. And even if we stopped all coal power plants in Poland in 1 day, the planet would not even notice. specified a policy, given that China exceeds 4 billion tonnes of coal, India and the US have more than 1 billion and Russia 500 million tonnes are suicidal for Europe. According to Markowski, Poland has been implementing a coal elimination programme for years without creating any energy alternative. The United States energy policy is planned for 100 years, in the European Union countries for 20 years, and in Poland for 4 years. This is crazy.
Jerzy Markowski explained precisely why it is nonsense to tell that Poland can trust mainly on RES, accurately calculating wind and solar days. This showed the irrationality of those who endure from any kind of carbophobia in Poland. This attitude occurs on all sides of the political scene. And that's the most tragic thing about this situation.
Łukasz M. Jastrzębski
Photo: Jerzy Markowski with Author
Think Poland, No. 49-50 (4-11.12.2022)
