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This war in Ukraine has direct consequences on theecology. While he you have to do without Russian gas and grain come Ukrainian fields, the alternatives might not not to go in a good way for the planet.
Russian gas replaced by a more polluting one, coal-fired power stations again in service… Is the war in Ukraine a sign of ecological decline? For
replace Russian imports, Europe will transport LNG on a boat from
the EUnited States, liquefied natural gas, the exploitation of which is more polluting.
“It consumes twice as much energy as transporting it by pipe“, Explain
Alexandre Joly, Energy Division Manager.
American gas is at 80% shale gas. To extract it, you have to fracture the
rock in depth, a contested technique. The recultivation of fallow land
would another consequence negative. It threatens biodiversity, and means
less soil to trap carbon dioxide. Faced with the emergency, the energies renewables are abandoned for fossil fuels, more fast to exploit.
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