they will look violent with a film about family face masculine fathers and starts april 16th w ah, ah ah, it's a contradiction at the heart of europe's response to the war and ukraine, you ascending ukraine weapons to help defend itself against russian attacks. but at the same time, the block is financing putin's war by continuing to buy its fossil fuels. 35000000000 year was worth since the war began. european leaders are under

increasing pressure to ban russian energy as evidence grows of russian war crimes. and ukraine will be cut off russian energy and at what cost to the block, which still depends so heavily on russian fossil fuels or a challenge for the economy. that's our topic today on made. welcome. now, germany is particularly dependent on russian energy and has been pushing back against calls for a full you embargo on russian oil, coal, and most importantly, natural gas. she brush and gas helped germany for decades maintain its position as an industrial power house. now, german politicians and economist alike worried that cutting off rush and gas will send the biggest economy into recession, large halter reports, everybody is quite greater. we are importing a lot of natural gas from russia still and down will be significant implications on european economy. in a short term, it discuss flores are going to be stopped. it is a big recession. no doubt,

it would be a severe recession. we are, we're in a situation where i have to make very clear that every hour, every kilowatt hour of energy that we can save helps maggie hoofed. well, i'm doing my part and i'm turning down the heat for that's easy enough. it's spring . the weather's gonna be warmer and over the next couple of months, most people will use a lot less natural gas than they used to over the last couple of months. or will that be enough? probably not. because households such as a small part of the equation, domestic heating accounts for less than a 3rd of germany, natural gas consumption, while industry accounts for just over a 3rd, the rest is used to produce electricity by trade and commerce and others. amongst the biggest uses of gas is the chemical industry. in the southern germantown of lou takes half an market leader, b s. f sprawls across an area of 10 square kilometers,

37 terre. what hours of natural gas i use here annually. a mighty 3 percent of germany's over all consumption. almost half of that is actually used as a raw material. to make ammonia, for example, here in luc's half and b is f has even named this treat for it. it's that important . most of it goes into nitrogen fertilizers. germany's farmers organisation is concerned that natural gas shortage is now could lead to supplies of wheat, rape, seed, and important vegetables running low in 2023. experts say that the current rise and food prices could be followed by empty else next year with natural gas is also used in the production of a settling. now, you might have never heard of it,

but it's in every thing you use in plastic represent cigarette butts. in glue shampoo perfume, and yes, it's true, we should maybe use a little less of this, but it's still a fact we are using it and we cannot just wind down consumption b a s f says that it would be impossible to quickly replace natural gas as the raw material or as a source of energy. given the importance the chemical industry plays in the german economy, accounting for 3 percent of g d p. not to mention related businesses down the product line. it's no wonder experts worry about the impact. although they don't think it will be catastrophic. everybody is quite loretta. we are importing a lot of natural gas from russia still. and there will be significant implications on european economy in a short term empties guess flows are going to be stopped. but we have already seen

in the past months that europe is able to essentially reduce its consumption of quite dramatically based on high prices and also increased the inputs and g quite dramatically as low. so as of today, if we would continue with current employee and current demand reduction in europe, we would be almost able to make it live alt russian guess. and so may be debt also makes a put in the substitute to power their operations with another name. but as are the raw material side where we use natural gas in production, there's no alternative. if the gas stopped flowing, we'd have to draw down production. we can't replace natural gas as a raw material of that. but what does that mean for german industry? can you stick in smooth chemicals comprise over 90 percent of our value creation change in all industries need chemical products as building blocks for their own products. if they weren't available, it would at least cause delays to production them, or if not hauled,

production complete label. and he's of all costs. what works to do. so we're looking at a domino effect that would follow if you were to cease chemical production from one day to the next hotel, mong stood motionless. logically, i'm un shit. yes. the problems we're currently seeing with the chip shortage and the auto industry are spread to other precursor materials for august. so if i no longer have the plastics i need to put in the cars all the more than i need to install and certain machinery things like that. any that will lead to production, shut down in the industry, and in industries further along the chain that rely on those products that are 60 easy then how do you see the situation developing over the coming months? what's your personal opinion? that is, i'm bigger. if it helps me, it's not i've given up making any kind of predictions because rushes behavior is so unpredictable by oh,

a fight. we need to prepare for the worst case scenario life. that's really the only thing that counts at the moment. and that's what we're focusing on is i'm still good not to worry about the bottom of this. and just if it doesn't come to the worst case, so much the better in it. and then things worked out. okay. it is this blog, i get it, but i was for making some kind of meaningful statement about what might happen in the coming months. but i wouldn't like to say by phone and i wouldn't be able to say he had to be on it. you know, it's impossible to predict under these volatile conditions. if on the phoebe got lot, but the mr. horn tamela, thank you so much for joining us. if you have a great day. my pleasure. thank you. wild germany and much of the rest of the you. contemplate a future without russia, natural gas, that is already in reality and lithuania, thanks to its investment and liquefied natural gas,

which has allowed the tiny baltic country to become the 1st you nation, to ditch rush and gas entirely. christiane puts alias reports another huge liquefied natural gas or i have and g tanka arrives and drops anchor off the coast of lithuania, fully laden, it can supply the needs of latania as 2800000 people. for around half a month. we are here and piper, which is the largest harbor in town and lithuania. the country can supply itself with allan g, which is liquefied natural gas, and thus become more independent from ross and gas. let's check out how it works. oh, i take it gas company boat out to pi, pettus. ellen g terminal platform out on the water terminal comprises a lot ship named independence. the upper right us managing direct us has it changed

her countries for tunes? it processes the l. n, g and pipes. it into the countries network. the most significant change happened there before the terminal. and after the terminal, before the terminal lithuania and the baltic states have been paying the highest price in the whole europe, approximately up to 40 percent more, just because we did not have an alternative. after the independent started operations region, the natural gas prices became just the same as in the western europe, the decision to name the terminal independence is telling. it means the 3 india no longer needs russian gas, which used to arrive violent based pipelines. unfortunately, the ship itself and many of the port facilities on close to farming because of the ukraine, walks out of fear of possible russians. some would touch the red tanker that delivers the liquid gas bring supplies from norway,

the u. s. and the arabian peninsula. it then transfers the l. n g to the independence. the freezing liquid has a temperature of minus 160 degrees celsius. the terminal it converts it back into gas form. before feeding it into lithuania is under ground pipeline network. i think i asked if germany could also use a terminal like this 2 units have off brush and gas. i don't see any reason why it would not be feasible. for example, the fe in the a natural gas consumption. annual consumption is approximately 2000000000 cubic meters. and this specific vessel has a capacity of free boy and 75. so that means that it can supply lithuania and neighboring country as a with natural gas. so latrina has a guest surplus which can be redistributed elsewhere. the type header terminal only

took 2 years to build and our plans to expand it, while it and shortly to indian independence from russian guess it also benefits other countries called to find out how that works. i travel inland this gas distribution have is 300 kilometers from flight header. close to that if union, capital 1000000000, the technology here and show us the gas and the pot guns is kept under pressure and is transported across hundreds of kilometers. the center employs over 20 people and they've been especially busy since the assay or began expanding the network. we are increasing the pressure here at this place actually is connected to the new gas pipeline, the, this sad being under a very a finishing touches center. we will start flash operation. his image is detailing the will have drawn lots of attention. anyone can order their photos and business

is booming. to wine, you satellites, a launched almost every day. not much larger than a wine bottle there. equipped with high resolution cameras that can deliver images to a customer's computer within 10 minutes. the best cameras can capture details as small as 30 by 30 centimeters ah, the other day, the higher intensity of usage of all customers and partners. in the times of conflict, france, while on bar is part of pleiades neo, a mission of the ap us group that specializes in satellite imagery in time of country as well. can you hear the rate of interest? ah, 4 of them, good from earl to prepare for all

a long term solution dump of accessed we measured and some of them, you know, they jump into our projects of buying their own pet life. so mother they discussed because of the long term. well, the next it's while he met with satellite operations, likely it is neo and most of their money working for the intelligence community and national governments. so he's not able to go into specifics, but there are other areas like farming, where satellite image is a useful to the technology can help to ensure the optimal care of crops there. by boosting the harvest, there's a, it's a satellite can reach places that farmers can't always get to just because they can't be everywhere at once. so satellite imagery allows farmers to observe all their fields at once. i did want to go. marcus miller works for an institute that advises the german government on issues of agriculture and cultivating plants that have satellite images can be used, for example,

to determine the best time to put down fertilize emo 2. in those cases, inferring images are used. these one showed that some of the fields are to stage with a currently need. fertilizer is a always helpful if you can apply fertilizer in an optimal way and when it's needed, rather than just blitzing the entire farm that protects resources, which is part of what we're about. that's the kind of thing we focus on. why must be a little good? the central lights themselves getting steadily smaller and lighter, that low as the price of putting them into orbit, which in turn, lowest the price for the images. you could now get satellite images all year round for just a few 1000 euros. what they see is that they are more and more you drill, which are more users. dr. small company,

maybe even private health on engineers wanting to do something with the measuring. the resolution is improving too. so could people soon start spying on their neighbors? for a small fee? you may key will build out some people on the picture. you will either make the movement operation, but you will not see the baffled information. you would need to go much further than that in terms of as a region. so we don't have the issue. now, we have a lot of regulations. we need to take care off, which is being very protective in response investors of pumped millions into private companies selling satellite images in anticipation of huge market growth. but in times of war, those same satellites could also be targeted by the warring forces who don't want their actions observed. now, millions of people have fled their homes and ukraine due to the russian war of aggression. so far more than $320000.00 of those refugees have come to germany.

mostly women and children, older people. now they enter a culture that has a mixed track record of welcoming migrants. probably. and did mon spoke with the children of german immigrants? they describe a difficult road to being accepted. i always got the jobs like cleaning the toilets, sweeping and so on. and so like a little heat. and most of the times he asked to have a different member of staff saying he couldn't pronounce my last name. whiskey. oh, grayson, sure that the quote a number of times i get invited to view a new apartment. it's less than my pot man, who has a recognizably german last name. stories like this are commonplace in germany among people with an immigrant background, like so they are in all shown here with our 2 sisters today. she wants her own tax accountancy, with 20 employees. she decided to start her own business after feeling she was never really accepted at other companies than when i'm i'm,

i'm not nice when you get the sense that people are talking about you gossiping, evaded when the only questions you ever get revolve around where you from what's your home town? if you get the message she don't belong, i much does it seen what it was when all you hear is where do you come from? much my thought by this. what's it likely you come from to have? it makes you feel like an outsider, $11.00 with a sword. so they are in, i was 15 when she arrived in berlin in 1980. this working class area was her new home. her mother worked in a cafeteria kitchen. her father was an auto mechanic. she was put in a vocational high school because she spoke little german. she was a pass learner and got good grades. but despite a raft of applications, she couldn't find an apprenticeship. before the i thought i was treated like i was a bad student or incapable of bound at the fact that i had no prospects at all and

eventually started to lose hope. so finally, she got a break. at an interview in a department store, a personnel manager spotted her potential, the other stuff. so she encouraged me to do a specialized high school degree. the qualified me to go to university studio. well, so i got my college to great deal that made me what i am now. f sloppy with this kind of lucky break is the exception rather than the rule says, the head of the v m. w association of migrant businesses. the hot store gets, was a turkish working class kid himself. now he wants his own institute, where young people with immigrant backgrounds can get job training. but he knows how many employers are still hesitant. my feeling is as phil i, many of them might not be aware of their hesitation. austin is they see a foreign looking name and they think there might be language barriers, gibson fundamental, or there might be differences in mentality and they won't fit in that pos in the

darkness. they see the hurdles more than the benefits us before pilot those companies are missing out on a lot of potential. wanted for people in germany now has an immigrant background. saga would also like to see some changes in the educational system. children from immigrant families often need more support than their parents can provide. this is a by feeling in many families with an immigrant background. the parents aren't as familiar with the school system of the vocational training system. and the way the economy works here in germany is so they have a hard time providing that support to their childrens loved. those families do need outside support for that. next on the winter stood so too on food shows how well that can work at 28. she's now a consultant with mackenzie. she was born in germany, her parents came from vietnam. her father works in a slaughterhouse and her mother is a cleaner to andrew didn't start learning german until she went to preschool in

school. one of her teachers gave her support and encouragement of mine. as i explained, that was a huge to push and the fest milestone on the path to where i am today. i have a bash enabling staff. her background hasn't been an obstacle. she says quite the up said. mackenzie wants diversity in part because diverse teams are often more successful than homogenous ones. keith viaz added teams and so a more diverse attain yes with regard to culture, gender, or religion. the more successful it's projects are the, the i line, the guns because every one brings another perspective to the table visor, a different approach to the way we work on how we collaborate with the client or so we get to where we're going a lot faster. that's here. mackenzie is not the only company looking for more workforce diversity. it's a welcome change, but germany still has a long way to go until people with immigrant backgrounds enjoy

a level playing field on the job market. the use promised to stand with ukraine comes inevitably with sacrifice businesses and household holds are already paying more for energy. economies will see growth slow . but the challenge for the european economy is small in comparison to the challenges faced every day, every moment by ukraine and its people. for the latest on the war and ukraine, you can always check out our website, w dot com, or the d w news, youtube channel. that's all for this edition of made in germany, from our team in berlin. thank you for joining us this week. ah, ah. ah ah

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