in general, also fruit pies, this are our brands, are car prices are up so they are many factors. so us, president joe biden has tried to lower oil prices, for instance, with opening up the project reserves. but that has not really done the trick so far . so yeah, everybody is waiting for prices to come down eventually, but we don't know precisely when and by how much we had one of the big questions after this data is will it force the federal reserve to speed up its plans for removing stimulus from the economy ah, kentucky is not doing too well these days, what is called america's great resignation, as in millions, quitting their jobs and record to inflation are hitting people hard in this part of the so called bluegrass state, running through eastern kentucky, the most economically depressed regions in the united states of america. why is

that? because he's in kentucky is cold country and the decline of the coleman is treat going on for decades here. and left his mark on the region and on the high rollers are not to be found here. people here are making their living by working hard wages, minimum wages, and depressed wages and salaries are real thing. so the inflation hurts. people hear the mom. i and i'm danny. i'm a 3rd generational co, wagner. i saw working on co lands in 1990 toe and i absolutely live and i retired then i got diagnosed in 2015. that's why glucose, denny is 48 years old. he suffers from black lung disease, decades of breathing and cold us cost mess and scarring in his love. breathing is

difficult working. it's impossible. danny and his family, his wife, jenny, and daughter, malia mostly living of a fixed income and modest monthly federal paycheck he receives for having ruined his health and the coal mines. life was on the lean budget before inflation hit. now it's a struggle then he says, well, we haven't obeying out there. and so the weird rabbit trotter, you know, so i was much fuel fuel money for gay s as we can and we are not going no farther than we have to. it's not just danny. and his family is struggling with and juggling rising prices for gas for groceries, for power and for heating gas for well, pretty much everything. historic inflation or not call b hall executive director of sore, which stands for shaping our collection region. and non partisan and non profit organization thinks that to maneuver eastern kentucky and it's people out of misery

. the region needs robin. it is thee, i whatever insert whatever cliche you've heard. it's as important to this region as electricity was in the forty's, the, the aria, the idea here, fast and reliable into the, the axis for the region will bring better jobs, better jobs, mean better wages. is that the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel for danny and his family, 4000 more here in cold country kentucky. that tunnel seems to be all fully long. and the light at the end of it. flick us only, dimly, at least for now now to some of the other global business stories making news. twitter reported weaker than expected quarterly advertising revenue and to user growth figures. and busters, see the results as a sign. the company's turnaround plant has yet to gain traction. twitter shares rose nonetheless even after, excuse me, after it announced

a new $4000000000.00 share buyback. european commission president or is lavonda lion unveiled the 1st regional plan under the new global gateway strategy. and synagogue on thursday. 150000000000 euros have been earmarked for investment in africa. the global gateway strategy was launched and december. it's designed to compete with china's belt and rhode initiative. ford. honda and toyota are halting some production at canadian plans due to supply issues. it follows a days long black blockade of us canada border crossings by canadian truckers. they are protesting against vaccine mandates. meanwhile, both washington and ottawa are warning of economic damage. now for thousands of years, ships carried freight across the highest these thanks to sales that harnessed the wind that was before the age of fossil fuels, which most ships he is today. but wind power maritime transport could be making a come back as the industry looks for more sustainable options. stevedores, unload

a shipment of colombian coffee from the 43 meter dutch schooner avenue tour the port of bordeaux. this cargo was not shipped on a kerosene burning freighter. this coffee was ship by sale. it's an experiment by the coffee importer balco to reduce the carbon footprint of maritime transport objective plus the objective for 2025 is to achieve more than 50 percent of the coffee imported by balco. using classic sailing techniques, he can trans oceanic wind transport says it ship can hold 1000 tons of goods on reckons it will be built by the summer of 2023. the global shipping industry is a big polluter. it mainly uses fossil fuels and a cancer around 3 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. the race is on to come up with alternatives to fossil fuels to power cargo ships. projects under development include new experimental sale designs, such as hard sales or rotating vertical cylinders

then there's hydrogen power, which yields no direct greenhouse gas emissions. this week, sold a launch of the energy observer to concept. this prototype is powered solely by renewable energy on his capable of producing its own hydrogen using salt water. oh, and as of silva in of yellow energy observer, 2 is a 120 meter long and 22 meter wide ship which can carry fights has and tons of freight. her own as no one is a 0 direct emissions if the hydrogen fuel that powers the electric engines is produced in a carbon free way. it was anna of 20. milton methodical. the plan is to have the 1st operational 0 emissions cargo ship take to the seas by 2025 carrying up to 240 freight containers. if boats are built on this model,

it could de carbonized a 3rd of the world's existing fleet. the revolution in energy technology could c, c o 2 emission cargo vessels make way for a truly sustainable way of transporting goods on the high seas. and a reminder of the top business story we're following for you this. our key u. s. inflation gage rose a steeper than expected 7.5 percent in the year through january high energy prices . supply constraints and strong demands have been driving inflation. the spike has lasted longer than economist had anticipated. and is increasingly weighing on consumers and businesses as well as the by did ministrations popularity. and that's all for me and the business team here in berlin for more from us, check out our website, debbie dot com slash business for also on the dw youtube channel. you can find us on facebook until next time. take care ah.

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