every day, the government leasing walls. sions, the country soil, to find out the truth. they want to kill me. guardians, starts of a 3rd on the w. ah ah ah, technology can be a double edged sword and never more so with that in times of war. surveillance systems are helping to unite families, separated by the war in ukraine, but also by moscow to target its political enemies. this week we'll look at controversial facial recognition technology and the crucial rate role it's playing in the war. and ukraine will also look at how germany's industrial backbone is

bracing for disaster. as russian gas applies. come under threat and will take you to small town america where residents are fighting against an electric car factory, they fear will threaten their community. and finally, will answer the question, what can we do with the mountains of old car tires? i'm chelsea delaney. welcome to meet in germany. now our faces are no longer our faces there being tracked, analyzed, recorded constantly. facial recognition technology is what allows me to open my phone. the technology can be used for good, for example, to reunite families separated by the war and ukraine. but it can also be used for more nefarious purposes like tracking down russian political dissidents. take a look. be facial recognition has become a powerful weapon in the ukraine war, on both sides to 200000 surveillance cameras in moscow,

allow anti war demonstrators to be identified. nearly 15000 protesters have been arrested in russia since the start of the ukraine invasion. ukraine is also using facial recognition to track down spies, identify victims, and we unite families. where is the external team validation got technology for using it to inform families at their sons and daughters being killed in conflict? there is no control over house positives. there is never been smash technology that has formed even remotely close to the calculators of what's been crime by people selling that technology. guys. facts, facial recognition allows millions of users all over the world to unlock their phones. so how does it work in an algorithm analyzes each face the distance between the eye sockets, the shape and size of the eyes, the shape of the jaw,

and so on. it's kind of like having a mobile fingerprint scanner that everybody works. i'm straight, i was asked to scan the fingerprint trade or innocence. all of us have biometric data, such as a unique fingerprint and face making us all i did a viable in the subway without shopping ah, or even at home companies like clear view a, i collect this data. the u. s. facial recognition company says it has the largest known database with over 20000000000 facial images drawn from public sources. mm. mm. clear view then passes that data on to governments like ukraine or to police forces in the united states to track down criminals. it's, it's not just watching people, it's, it's,

it's following their behaviors across both physical and digital spaces and making sure that these people don't cause trouble. and that is the problem for me. some retailers have tried using facial recognition to track their customers shopping habits in taylor. they're advertising in russia though, activists say it's used to control people in use. technology for bad news, still have all privacy new ways to have our autonomy. do we have stella digital rights? so we need to stop this crazy digital dictatorship as we have in our country. ah, with the photo anyone can find out who you are using the russian search engine john text, for example. all thanks to facial recognition. ah, so just because you feel like you have nothing to hide and now under the rules of

the game now, doesn't mean that the rules of the game will not change under your feet because that's what's happened to people in russia right now. oh, but it is possible to dupe the technology by applying certain patterns to your face or your clothing surveillance technologies have long since become part of our lives . so taking care of your data is now more important than ever. be it online or in the real world, ah, staying in the real world. one of the most pressing concerns for businesses, germany as energy supply. germany's industrial economy quite literally runs on natural gas, most of its, supplied by russia. my colleague phobia and at mon spoke to 2 german industrial companies about what would happen to their production if russian gas were to stop

flowing. steel maker of friedrich, the hems who to produces components for trains and bridges. it's energy needs are huge and supplied overwhelmingly by gas. a gas supply stoppage would cripple operations. here, i'm before the got a sudden loss of gas here and move time under rule would force us to shut down immediately if there's going to public. energy demand is also huge in the glass industry. 8000000 bottles and other containers roll off the production lines at v gand glass every day. the glass is liquefied at 1600 degrees celsius in melting tanks. if the gas runs out, glass hardens inside the machinery than the glass medicine and the glass melting furnaces would no longer be operational. cdm lashawn and would probably break down in the end. as honestly the heart of our industrial base

would collapse. buddhism, y'all, columbia melting tanks are hard to replace. new ones could take months to find and shut down. here would be felt through out germany. the again to glass produces 25 percent of all the bottles and glass receptacles in the country. a market share that's growing because russian and ukrainian in ports are no longer available. if he, if he ins ones, if this hears it 24 hour round the clock operation fee, if production shuts down before i modified 2 months, 3 months, a year, 2 years, i don't know some things just want it packaged anymore. michael never come up production stop at the friedrich, that hems who to steal works would also impact other industries. it's castings are made to order. they can't simply be ordered from broad without germany steel, foundries, even the country's energy transition to greener technology is,

would be in jeopardy. it has been cut off the beach wind turbine, but each 5 megawatt offshore turbine rental needs $100.00 tons of castings, mainframes, and rotor hubs even better if those are no longer available. it won't be possible to build new wind power turbines. but a potential break down in gas supplies is not the only threat. russia also supplies other raw materials that are crucial to production. o wriggling you an important alloy ingredients such as nickel also come from russia always with ya. we have taken precaution logo and stockpiled a larger inventory than i'm good that russia supplies 65 per cent of germany's natural gas. so a holton deliveries would hit hard. that's one reason the government is holding on to contracted deliveries. the danger to industry and workers is seen as too great for a boycott. that's little comfort to companies though, because if tensions worsen, russia might just turn on the gas tap itself. now switching gears over to

a tiny town in the united states that you've probably never heard of. rutledge, georgia population, 900 things have been tense here since the car maker radian announced plans to build a 5000000000 dollar electric vehicle factory here. the factory promises to bring thousands of new jobs, but some in this community fear the end of their quiet, small town life, dw stuff on siemens and water emron report from there. this is ribbons version of the shiny new electric vehicle world revisions, electric advance vehicles, ready to conquer the u. s. e. the market starting at just $67000.00 apiece. the company, headquartered in irvine, california says it's future is bright. one reason for that optimism is here. well,

not here, but here. oh, this is rutledge, roughly 50 miles east of atlanta. the tiny town in morgan county, georgia is home to just about 900 residence. there is no traffic light in rutledge . the only intersection in town is safeguarded by this. the stop sign beryl. ah, yes, rues ulta. no, it says he likes his job as a mayor at least most of the time. right now, although he is somewhat in a pickle that is because really in plans to build a huge electrical vehicle, assembly plant near by this is not sitting well with some of his constituency. alton, our things, he knows why are you good. thank you. most the people who moved i moved here. ah,

they were all like, oh my wife carol and i gotta be empty nesters and we were tired of the of the hassles of the atlanta area or that. so we, you know, we came out here to, to relax many here fear the beginning of revision in rutledge could mean the end of their cherished lifestyle. the e v maker once this area a whopping to with 1000 acres or the equivalent of $1515.00 football fields for their massive new plant project tara, as river calls, it could bring an estimated 7 and a half 1000 new jobs into the rule region, of course, georgia state officials are a site. this is the most important project in the state right now and, and you know, every time we have an opportunity to bring jobs and investment in the communities, you know that it's a positive thing for us. there's no better way to give people hope to give people

our long term opportunities then to really that the health of the community then to give them jobs. and he looked back and look at the impact automotive industry is out on georgia. we have roughly about 55000 people employed in automotive industry and all that start to an internal combustion engine. and so it's imperative upon us as the state to make sure that we're recruiting the jobs of the future. speaking of the future shop, 9 o'clock in the morning on this day, opponents to whatever future revision could have in rutledge attend a routine public meeting of the local joint development authority in medicine, the county's biggest city. everybody dressed in red is pretty mad and let the board have it in all this development now, you know, yoga steam roll them around and, and then on top of their, you know,

all the switch in the meetings and all this is stuff like, lot with in dc and it's probably cancelled saying now this slide, it was late that it was moral and that it made his ethical but it was late. so just the dow jones honestly would always right. it is now obvious to everyone in the rain what you've all been up to over the past year perhaps longer. and this leads me to my point today. my question is why it must in only can be from one of 3 things. is it about read and money, or all of you so disconnected from your own community that you truly don't comprehend the destruction you're calling to our families? our way in our history? thinking it to the board is rewarded with applause and shortly after the meeting is adjourned. back in rutledge, the mayor wonders how divided his community really is on the ravine issue. it is mixed, and i don't know is 5050, are they are there? i know the,

the vocal opposition. i don't know what percentage they are to or to the ones who are, who are in favor of we me, joe and an arts and chess more for lunch in the only open restaurant in town. joe elementary is a part of a local group representing thousands of opponents to the proposed riven project. they're adamant a river navy. assembly plant is the last thing rutledge and the region needs. and the people here want for many reasons. every day is like a vacation here, and i don't think that um when you see or see, you see our city and we don't even have a stoplight in town. the utah membrane is 750210000 people a day. 24 hours a day into a town that doesn't even have a stoplight that, i mean there's a lot of worries with land use. also the concern about lithium batteries. and once this had been announced, it then was revealed that they planned to make lithium batteries and site in

a production in process. it's never been done before in the united states, so they can't guarantee it would be safe because it's never been done before. the. there are many more concerns including groundwater level than water quality protection. for example, there are also many grievances about the decision process. there's anger about the alleged lack of transparency and frustration with local and state officials involved in bringing ruby into the area. we have no intention of failing. we have no intention is that we have every intention of stop, stop in the development. we can't tell you how there's, there's a lot of constitutional issues at hand and, and these, a lot of these areas have been unchallenged. and when you think about, think about it in american citizen and in our ability to be ruled by the people

yet, we've got crony corporate is just spreading like wildfire throughout the entire country . someone has set that precedent review in rutledge, georgia. not a done deal. i believe is going to happen and prepare for it to happen. but again, either way we're going to do the city is going to do what's right for, for, for a citizen. is it going to change life? yes. is it going to change the reason i moved out here? yes. but i think where you make a lot of passes out of this. ah, there you go. rutledge. better get ready for review in future production. next door to meta formerly known as facebook, which is already building an additional data center just across the highway. oh, now electron vehicles are seen by most as

a crucial piece of the climate policy puzzle. but while they may not be powered by fossil fuels, easier cools are often made up of parts that aren't so environmentally friendly, like rubber tires. up until now car tires and other plastics were considered and recyclable. that's now changing. shine aga investigates the promise of chemical recycling. this reactor is supposed to do the impossible recycle the on recyclable such as these tires that would otherwise adjust the bond or end up in landfill. a possible solution chemical recycling. i think it breaks plastic down into its original components to create new plastic and infinite cycle. at least that's what the companies are telling us. but is the technology really a solution to the looming plastic crisis?

generally we collect and then we sold and source and sought some more all mechanically. and that's how we recycle 99 percent of all plastic waste in europe. but with these type of let, the lower recycled rubber can only be used for a few things though like race tracks, for example. and the world only needs so many of those, but there is an abundance of tires. so instead of reciting them, they are burned because of the heating value at pyro facility in germany. old tires that would otherwise just be incinerated are broken down into their original components. that looks like a lot, but it goes through fast do it. other than that, while over there will be done in 2 or 3 hours or 2 or 3 hours it, oh yes. all that over there. oh, my gosh, you're in the 1st step. the tires are shredded 3 times the outcome. textile fibers,

steel, wool, and rubber. the fibers can be used as insulation, and the steel is melted into new steel again. so far so good. but chemical recycling goes a lot further than this, and that's why this rubber goes into that thing. a paralysis, re exit that cooks everything at a really high temperature. the rubber granules are put in at the very bottom and make their way up to the top of the tower. then gravity does its thing and everything brought towards the bottom. the rubber gray light is heated to around $700.00 degrees celsius in the tower. it's practically cooked out and breaks down into its components. the result and gas is discharged and supplies the process with electricity. and the n 2 solids come out of the plant paralysis, oil and coke, or cabin black. and the whole system is locked up air tight.

you don't really smell anything here because it's all closed. open heated without oxygen. but it's like really, really hot because that thing runs at 700 degrees celsius, which is yeah, i think the hottest that time ever stood next. but as you can imagine, it takes an immense amount of energy to heat that much plastic because you essentially breaking chemical bonds. and this amount of energy is also one of the biggest concerns from an environmental point of view when it comes to paralysis. again, is, remains at the end of the process, and that goes through a cleaning system, then into a buffer tank and from the buffer tank into 2 thermal plants bought on. these are actually power generator of sarcasm by layer 2 big 12 cylinders and they produced electricity for the whole plant, and they pulled soon informed those gun silver or the whole plant. so it's really completely interview self sufficient,

even though it's such an energy intensive process. if it will do, yes, it is, even though it's considered so energy intensive talk, this means that pirate energy recovery process is producing enough energy to heat free 100 family homes for an entire year. this concept of paralysis that's done here is the most popular way of chemical recycling. currently, facilities are popping up all over the world. like here in india, china or saudi arabia. the problem is that that on many commercial scale chemical recycling plans out there and the companies mostly keep their data to themselves, which makes the research around it's really hard to verify. and mrs. study is published in its entirety, full transparency for everyone to really look in detail. then i don't think anyone should take it seriously. this is simon hand. in 2020, you conducted a metal study on chemical recycling. and since then has peer reviewed a lot of studies from companies and independent bodies?

the main advantage at the moment of paralysis. it's better than incineration at the moment. now obviously incinerating plastics is just about the worst thing you can do anyway. so that's quite a low bar to reach. we've seen some studies that suggest that if you can mechanically recycle, then chemical researching doesn't tend to be better than that. but there are some tradeoff said because you're in products from chemicals, ducting is equipment to virgins that can be used more applications. another factor is efficiency. today, according to simon hand, powerless is plant lose between 20 and 50 percent of the input material. so for one ton of virgin like pearl, this is all you need up to 2 tons of input material after one hour, and that's how the rubber turns into this carbon black. and it's basically like coal and goes back into tire production because this is what ties i'm made off like

40 percent of the tire is so called common black. and as the name suggests and turns everything quite black. but there is more apart from the gas and the carbon black. you also get base, which is a relative or it's very similar to crude oil. and when you smell it, really also, it's not like a li. you can basically make any plan that you want out of it. it just needs a little more processing. in this case, the processing could be done by german chemical behemoth, b s f. as of now, they are just blending it with their virgin crude or in small quantities that the less quality doesn't really matter that much. but of course, all these extra steps costs money, estimates range from $2.00 to $4.00 times the cost of virgin crude oil. yet it's not important here. noise in the market needs to develop. this is just mean backed

by a team lead at b. s. as cam cycling project from a technical point of view, there will be limitations. you cannot have 100 percent closed because you're always going to have the sources and i think it will actually we need to develop that processes and scale ups at possibility. so far, b s. s customers have used power. this is all in the production of refrigerator part food packaging, and styrofoam boxes. so it's possible to recycle stuff, chemically, when it can't be recycled mechanically, that's already an improvement because it's save some birds and crude oil. but what does that mean in terms of tackling the plastic crisis? let's look at europe for that in 2020 european collected 29500000 tons of plastic waste. of that, about 35 percent was recycled? 23 percent ended up in landfills and 42 percent went into energy recovery and most of what went into energy recovery about 8000000 tons of

plastic. could in theory be chemically recycled in europe alone? the technology does make sense because it can recycle stuff that we couldn't otherwise, and that's better for the environment, but only compared to simply burning plastic. and that's a pretty low bar. i mean anything is basically better than incineration chemically . recycling is not a silver bullet. we still need to think about how we can avoid plastic waste in the 1st place. there are no silver bullets, whether that be for recycling tires and sharing digital privacy, or securing energy supply and a time of war that shouldn't stop the world from trying. and that's all for this edition of nate and germany. you can find previous episodes made on our website, w. com slash business for back next week. and until then take care. after all you're being watched. ah

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