We have a new carbon replacement. The sale has just started. We won’t get cold in winter, we’ll die of lung cancer sooner
Necessity is the mother of inventions, as it turns out, sometimes as abortive as burning brown coal in domestic stoves. It is a very moist fuel, in addition with numerous “additives”, which until recently meant that regulations did not allow its use in domestic stoves. Not surprisingly, air pollution monitoring experts are appalled.
Lignite will go to our furnaces. PGE has started selling it to individual recipients, which means that it will soon be delivered to thousands of stoves by desperate Poles. It is one of the most harmful types of coal, containing large amounts of sulfur dioxide and heavy metals
Maybe we will suffocate a bit this winter, but we will certainly not be cold – such a thought must have been prompted by the MPs who smuggled this type of fuel for sale to individual customers in the regulations on support for entrepreneurs. The ban was in force from June 1, 2020. Now it has been lifted, but without public consultation, and thus regulatory impact assessment
Raw lignite consists of over 50 percent. from water, it is very difficult to ignite it at all, and due to the low combustion temperature it will smoke like wet leaves and may go out before burning. At the moment, it is no longer possible to dry this coal, neither in cellars, nor near mines, explains Bernard Swoczyna, the main expert of the Energy & Climate program at the Instrat Foundation.
Lignite on sale to PGE
But since the standards for the quality of coal and air are aside, anti-smog resolutions are delayed, the sale of lignite to individual customers can also be allowed. PGE decided to take such a step. Such fuel can already be bought, among others in the Bełchatów and Turów mines. The procedure is to last at least until April 30, 2023. The calorific value of the lignite sold is to be not less than 7,740 kJ / kg.
What about the price? Compared to other types of fuel – it is very cheap. Sorted coal, weighing up to 80 mm, can be purchased for PLN 191.51 gross, not including excise duty. In turn, a ton of coal with a grammage of 80 to 300 mm costs PLN 305.56 (also without the excise duty). Orders can be placed by phone, on working days from 8 to 16. As in other cases, the declaration of the Central Emission Register of Buildings is also required here. Orders are to be processed from Monday to Friday, from 7-21. But before deciding to make such a purchase, it is worth thinking twice.
Lignite is not suitable for combustion in all types of coal furnaces. Before making a purchase, please check whether your heating system is adapted to the safe combustion of lignite. PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna is not liable for any damages in this respect – PGE warns.
It is very possible that the sale of hard coal will also be faster in the near future. As the Chamber of Commerce of Polish Coal Sellers informs – which previously estimated that in Poland there will be a shortage of up to 2.5 million tons of heating coal – the fuel depots are ready for the distribution of imported coal.
We would like to declare readiness to cooperate with any economic organization, government or local government, in order to ensure the most effective access to coal for Poles in this difficult period. By offering the entire infrastructure in the form of fuel depots equipped with appropriate equipment and experienced staff, we are the only rational direction for the optimal and effective distribution of coal in Poland – informs IGSPW.
At the same time, attention is drawn to the increasing nationalization of the coal market in Poland. According to IGSPW, only foreign fuel is in private hands. If local governments start taking care of them, it will be bad.
If subsidized competition from local governments starts – private warehouses are in danger of bankruptcy and 15-20 thousand people will lose their jobs – forecasts IGSPW.
Well, guys. It’s time to bring out the gasmask once again for the winter. I wanted to drop smoking, but at this point, what difference does it make? The air in Lublin (eastern Poland) gets so awful to breath, it’s becoming unbearable. And it’s not even the worst city in Poland air pollution-wise.
Stop it Poland, seriously. We pay an extra price to have a green electric grid, and end up breathing this instead.
Sincerely, your southern neighbour.
Why just not use ligma instead?
Not just coal, but the worst kind of coal. Lignite is something like 50% water by weight. Very smoky.
>Air quality is going to be worst ever
That’s bullshit actually. Air quality in Poland is now magnitudes better than it was back in the 1980s when burning tyres was a completely normal thing, plus we had all that fuming commie industry, and even returning to some negative practices won’t change it. Just back then smog wasn’t a topic same like in western countries it wasn’t seriously discussed until the 1960s or so, just it was commonly accepted that air is dirty and it must be like that.
Well of course, people are not gonna freeze during the winter.
Maybe someone shouldve told that those bureaucrats in EU ivory towers…
The sooner everyone has a heat pump the better.
Serbia be like:first time
Sigh, Poland doing the stinky once again. At least they won’t be burning rubbish I guess…
Is this because people used to burn wood but can not afford it because of price increases?
Yeah, PET bottles filled with used oil and trash are superior.
/s
That is sad news. But what a choice: freeze or choke to death on filthy air. Edit: I don’t see how coal can be worse than burning tires, though.
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We have a new carbon replacement. The sale has just started. We won’t get cold in winter, we’ll die of lung cancer sooner
Necessity is the mother of inventions, as it turns out, sometimes as abortive as burning brown coal in domestic stoves. It is a very moist fuel, in addition with numerous “additives”, which until recently meant that regulations did not allow its use in domestic stoves. Not surprisingly, air pollution monitoring experts are appalled.
Lignite will go to our furnaces. PGE has started selling it to individual recipients, which means that it will soon be delivered to thousands of stoves by desperate Poles. It is one of the most harmful types of coal, containing large amounts of sulfur dioxide and heavy metals
Maybe we will suffocate a bit this winter, but we will certainly not be cold – such a thought must have been prompted by the MPs who smuggled this type of fuel for sale to individual customers in the regulations on support for entrepreneurs. The ban was in force from June 1, 2020. Now it has been lifted, but without public consultation, and thus regulatory impact assessment
Raw lignite consists of over 50 percent. from water, it is very difficult to ignite it at all, and due to the low combustion temperature it will smoke like wet leaves and may go out before burning. At the moment, it is no longer possible to dry this coal, neither in cellars, nor near mines, explains Bernard Swoczyna, the main expert of the Energy & Climate program at the Instrat Foundation.
Lignite on sale to PGE
But since the standards for the quality of coal and air are aside, anti-smog resolutions are delayed, the sale of lignite to individual customers can also be allowed. PGE decided to take such a step. Such fuel can already be bought, among others in the Bełchatów and Turów mines. The procedure is to last at least until April 30, 2023. The calorific value of the lignite sold is to be not less than 7,740 kJ / kg.
What about the price? Compared to other types of fuel – it is very cheap. Sorted coal, weighing up to 80 mm, can be purchased for PLN 191.51 gross, not including excise duty. In turn, a ton of coal with a grammage of 80 to 300 mm costs PLN 305.56 (also without the excise duty). Orders can be placed by phone, on working days from 8 to 16. As in other cases, the declaration of the Central Emission Register of Buildings is also required here. Orders are to be processed from Monday to Friday, from 7-21. But before deciding to make such a purchase, it is worth thinking twice.
Lignite is not suitable for combustion in all types of coal furnaces. Before making a purchase, please check whether your heating system is adapted to the safe combustion of lignite. PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna is not liable for any damages in this respect – PGE warns.
It is very possible that the sale of hard coal will also be faster in the near future. As the Chamber of Commerce of Polish Coal Sellers informs – which previously estimated that in Poland there will be a shortage of up to 2.5 million tons of heating coal – the fuel depots are ready for the distribution of imported coal.
We would like to declare readiness to cooperate with any economic organization, government or local government, in order to ensure the most effective access to coal for Poles in this difficult period. By offering the entire infrastructure in the form of fuel depots equipped with appropriate equipment and experienced staff, we are the only rational direction for the optimal and effective distribution of coal in Poland – informs IGSPW.
At the same time, attention is drawn to the increasing nationalization of the coal market in Poland. According to IGSPW, only foreign fuel is in private hands. If local governments start taking care of them, it will be bad.
If subsidized competition from local governments starts – private warehouses are in danger of bankruptcy and 15-20 thousand people will lose their jobs – forecasts IGSPW.
Well, guys. It’s time to bring out the gasmask once again for the winter. I wanted to drop smoking, but at this point, what difference does it make? The air in Lublin (eastern Poland) gets so awful to breath, it’s becoming unbearable. And it’s not even the worst city in Poland air pollution-wise.
Stop it Poland, seriously. We pay an extra price to have a green electric grid, and end up breathing this instead.
Sincerely, your southern neighbour.
Why just not use ligma instead?
Not just coal, but the worst kind of coal. Lignite is something like 50% water by weight. Very smoky.
>Air quality is going to be worst ever
That’s bullshit actually. Air quality in Poland is now magnitudes better than it was back in the 1980s when burning tyres was a completely normal thing, plus we had all that fuming commie industry, and even returning to some negative practices won’t change it. Just back then smog wasn’t a topic same like in western countries it wasn’t seriously discussed until the 1960s or so, just it was commonly accepted that air is dirty and it must be like that.
Well of course, people are not gonna freeze during the winter.
Maybe someone shouldve told that those bureaucrats in EU ivory towers…
The sooner everyone has a heat pump the better.
Serbia be like:first time
Sigh, Poland doing the stinky once again. At least they won’t be burning rubbish I guess…
Is this because people used to burn wood but can not afford it because of price increases?
Yeah, PET bottles filled with used oil and trash are superior.
/s
That is sad news. But what a choice: freeze or choke to death on filthy air. Edit: I don’t see how coal can be worse than burning tires, though.