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themselves short of cash. here in germany that's led to a resurgence in the age old practice of pawning more on that coming up. but 1st taster of what's on the show here, how the gas prices are rising and affecting ordinary families. how the u. s. state of north dakota is embracing renewables and how a gym and jeans factory is going by tech and green at the same time on robots. now if you want to gauge just how bad an economic crisis is being felt on the ground, you need to look no further than porn shops for those struggling selling cherished belongings is a quicker and easier way of getting cash than looking for a loan. the practice has been around for a long time to believe it or not, the world's 1st pawn shops date back to the 5th century when they were established by buddhist monks in china. the romans later introduced the practice in europe,

and over the centuries or shops were established in amsterdam, kent and brussels with merchants and the italian region of lombardy, bringing them to england to one of the most prominent early practitioners was king edward the 3rd. he poured some of his royal possessions to finance his war with france. now, centuries late as the cost of living crisis leaves people struggling to pay their bills on shops. ah, once again, experiencing a renaissance as christian priscilla. his report was all i might have unco officers himself. it's a fit, sir. when businesses good here is a sure sign that people are struggling financially done. there's your pond ticket and 0506070809800. the customer gets a loan of a 100 euros for 3 months, subject to 4 percent interest per month. mika,

admiring takes items of value as collateral for loans. inflation means business is booming. a counselor is on for him. he cuts, for example, before the war pack of butler cost one year a $39.00 at budget supermarket. and now it costs $199.00 and salon loans and coffee has also jumped in. price is full amount from 3 year a 60 to 4 year old. she'll, it's the same with everything once the pawnbroker as issued the loan. the pond item is taken to the store room. the shelves are stocked with everything from place stations to rare model, railway set, and computers, all kinds of valuables. if a customer fails to pay back the loan, the pawnbroker is entitled to sell the item in question. his store is seen growing demand of mcmoney as oh, i notice it myself when i'm out shopping or at the gas station. so thanks, everything's much more expensive. oh, well that's the norma. even those with

a normal income are struggling with god. only mccloud, many people are coming to the pawnbroker people who wouldn't have done so before i got a notice of his stores in an old industrial town in the rural valley and is far from the only one in town. the jewelry on display, the former belongings of customers, unable or unwilling to repay the loan. by lunchtime the key was formed, most people have come for loans. sometimes in the thousands. one customer, however, is here to buy back a ring. she pond for $170.00 euros leaving the little. yeah. on that, i'm delighted to have got it back. feed on me. so my silo i rising, he thing and electricity bills and low of real wages. and i'm a single man t so it's tough. most customers do actually manage to settled, their loan pawnbroker michelle mailing only sells on items. if their owner is

insolvent. oh, i took my money i. we prefer not to sell a pond item. we only do it as a last resort. it's better to see customers getting their possessions back if it's better for us, because we can keep on lending. plus, customers get to keep their things saturdays, and as on august and not here, he's issuing a loan for a luxury watch, almost 18000 euros. those kinds of sums require the right expertise to ensure that the item is authentic and in proper working order. out of the full, the recent rise and turnover is partly due to customers. now coming from all walks of life, one such watch belongs to the boss of a large trades business who needed to pay his employees by phone, my aunt vehicle and mrs. harvey's or i'll fuck you about in the traits. business clients often don't pay on time, but they've got to cover their operating costs, rent, and taxes and staff wages will not stop the at the end of the month,

or we get people coming in and pawning their price. he watches before picking them up again a few weeks later wrote up or when on the song of at the moment that's really common or found not videos. mommas ramadan, upscale jewelry, likewise requires a savvy eye, a diamond ring with an array of gems. but there is an impostor among them. yes, i was ordered. one of them has been replaced with guitar toward nevada when it had a modern, brilliant cut vacant, and look like this one. that was if it is austin, that stone is scaled up glass replica. though i would about the emotional side of the job when people are handing and treasured personal or family possessions. a to this most am and couldn't. and of course you want customers to feel ok. that's lisa with it's not like people say in the morning parade. today i'm off to the pon, brokers i la invoice. instead, they're all going through difficulties. so they're often struggling or are in hardship. so you do your best to make sure they leave with a good feeling of that on?

no, i'm good with through the whole skin. yeah, recently there have been more than a 100 customers some days. this man, once upon a tv set gas prices are just too high room full of we used to pay a $150.00 euros, or now it's $250.00. that's a big difference. so he gets 100 euros. or maybe this will be enough to get by at the end of the week, he'll be getting the government gas bill rebate for next month. so he might be back for his tv sooner rather than later. now on sector more than any others driving up the cost of living and that is energy. russian president vladimir putin decision to choke off gas supplies to the you, the lead to a steep increase in prices. are several governments have moved to entities, energy price caps, that hasn't been enough to reassure citizens that the situation is under control.

bought a mil yardage schmidt gives us an insight into how his family is coping with the energy crisis. i'm facing 3 problems. ready metal schmidt relies on gas for 3 things, heating their home for hot water and for cooking in last year i've spent about 1500 euros on natural gas this year, 3000 euros, and it's getting even worse with his wife. he has a combined income of around $4000.00 euros nice, but with prices for everything, including food giving up. he's wondering how much longer they'll be able to make ends meet. he lives in berlin and often has lunch at a local snack bar. nice people, nice food, but his favorite sandwich has shut up one year at his 790 and that's over his budget. i used to have landfill 3 or 4 times the week. i really enjoy it. but now

it feels like a guilty pleasure. i know it's not a give the pleasant, but it's so much cheaper to eat at home. perhaps an expense can provide some reassurance about the energy crisis. turns out thomas o'donnell has bad news to report from the energy market. even if storage is full, that will last only about 2 and a half months in the heating season. so end of december, sometime if there's depends on how cold it is, we could use it up very fast. then you're going to have a situation where there's simply not enough. you can import as much energy as used to come through the pipelines for russia. so it's going to be rationing. and things could get even worse. that's despite the german government announcing new large scale deals for liquid natural gas impulse. this year it was a struggle to fill the storage. but if you remember, russia was still sending guess they were grudgingly sending and cutting it back,

but they did send gas and that allowed the storage to be filled. undoubtedly next winter, they'll stop and it won't be sent. so it'll be rundown. and i, how do you, philip, next year germany now has something like 7 o n g off shore, floating and re guess if occasion units that will bring in natural gas. but you know, even if these go very well over the next year or 2, it's only a percentage, maybe 2540 percent of what we used to get from russia. like everyone else natal schmidt needs to cut back on gas for financial reasons to the big question is, what's the lowest temperature we can spend in the winter time? his wife has found another way to save some money, 20 years a month. in fact, we have to switch to natalie gas. we buy that again. it's not one within my money. at least they don't need to make any compromises when cooking at home as usual,

it's past about the nase. well, they're not very appreciative eater. i don't feel poor, but it's frustrating because nobody knows when this crisis would come join in philosophy. so there are many households in germany still rely heavily on gas, but when it be great if renewable energy could take its place with heat ways becoming more common, solar power offers huge potential. but one challenge is how to store the energy for when the sun is not shining. one german startup believes it's found. the answer. o this factory is known as the giga factory. its founders are banking on big success with gigantic batteries. the world needs them to otherwise sustainable energy production will be difficult to achieve. but the road to success is paved with many challenges. what can be done when the sun doesn't provide

enough power? easy store the energy and advance test folk delivers the giant batteries that can do that. one small community in eastern germany is now energy independent. as a result, when even turn is better than the weather's nice, there are a lot of solar power plants in operation in germany. this energy can be stored and used in the evenings, or in weather like this is especially the hosting. this approach isn't used much in germany yet, but demand for these huge batteries is rapidly rising. one module can stored 10 kilowatt hours of energy about what a 4 person household uses daily. the company makes larger units for industry. the world doesn't quite unit on the war, and ukraine has increased demand for energy that sustainable, reliable, and affordable they're seeing. customers call us and say they need our storage units to stabilize their energy costs. i'm fin, but it's the only way to decouple from rising electricity prices,

either for them or if one were to use solar power and energy storage for 20 years. it would cost $0.60 per kilowatt hour of solar energy plus 10 euro cents for the storage. that's half of what people pay currently. but there's a catch. most batteries don't last that long, and their performance decreases substantially over time. in conventional storage systems, the weakest battery cell determines the performance of the entire unit. it's a basic vol, physics and a major shortcoming. in chess vote, storage system. on the other hand, the strong battery support, the weaker ones, which in turn improves the performance of the entire unit. a u. s. p. that means they can change more than the competition. yeah, in with you, our approach almost doubles battery life. that's the, that's a big advantage. it was a full time customers who buy solar or wind power plants to see what the investment

to be worth it going on. and they should last 20 years. and the batteries should to what to lead us life. but this technology requires a lot of computer chips that's difficult. now, due to the global chip shortage test fault is responded by developing a new storage module elements. next day, we had to react very quickly. noise in our new module, we were able to reduce the amount of computer chips we use for manufacturing and in our products, by 80 percent. that's. that's another reason we were able to keep expanding. i've actually, we've grown a 100 percent on last year and foil, i'm, we're not what's in the demand for green energy will continue to increase dramatically. but storage capacity will struggle to keep up. not least because of the lack of the necessary raw materials. athena was abolished. i'm is and raw materials really are the missing puzzle piece that in and out in the old building. batteries often requires the use of rare earth and not so net. with battery sales

of the future, we must be able to use more affordable and accessible raw materials in other places . technology for that would make large scale expansion possible. the shopping fee and funds in europe or parts of it could be energy self sufficient and use affordable green energy all the time. video for fossil sodium would be a cheaper and more available raw material. it could be used to in a few years. test volt already has over 100000000 euros of orders and fresh capital . the start up plans to build another giga factory soon. now germany is by no means the only country embracing the switch to renewables in the united states. president joe biden has pledged to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. one state that is showing signs of change is north dakota and a region built on fossil fuels. indigenous communities have been working to protect

the environment pack in as polls centers this report on how the su tribes a leading the acid. the su tribe has lived in north dakota for centuries before european settlers stole their land and way of life. cody to bears is a descendant of a tribal chief and grew up in the cannonball community and the standing rock reservation. for him, the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is not about politics or making money, but about respecting his ancestors and his culture. in our language, you say nothing back, spirit. anything in this earth? this planet? this universe that has a spirit that grows, moves, water that flows grass that grows the animal, the 4 legged the wing,

good ones. so when we try to protect the lamp, we try to protect the earth and water and all these elements, those in our culture are relative with increasing environmental destruction caused by oil and gas extraction. and pipelines like these has motivated him to collect money from foundations for the construction of a solar farm in standing rock in 2019 within the 1st 2 years, cannonball save $30000.00 in energy costs. post significant return for one of the poorest communities in the u. s. when you're a part of a fossil fuel driven lead, a lot of times the policies within no state are all pro oil pro coal. and it makes it that much more difficult to do these types of projects within a state that's created that way. where every time we do things like this,

it takes that much away from having to rely on fossil fuels dying substances. what i say if it's something that you get from the ground, we can use the natural elements that we have, like the sun, the wind, different, other elements around us. that's more natural to our environment that doesn't destruct the lands and contaminate our water, than we're making the world a better place to live. north dakota is known for its oil and gas production, but over the last several years, when does become another source of energy and our outside fargo. we meet energy consultant paul jensen, with one of the largest wind farms in the state. she can probably feel to bay, we have a very high wind capacity factor here in the state. the wind blows her continuously, we call it the saudi arabia of wind. the biggest challenge is to get the population educated in understanding the benefits of having renewable energy and the freedom

that it gives shoot because is actually patriotic to be focusing on renewable energy because it means independence from so power. but educating north dakota jones is not the only challenge green energy advocates face in this oil rich state . here, where donald trump 165 percent of the vote in 2020 and where republicans dominate democrats in the state senate, 40 to 70. there was a lot of political influence that is pushing for more oil drilling. meryl pipe corn is one of those democrats who supports renewable energy in this state. in various states, homeowner is encouraged to, to install say panels. and here in north dakota, there's nothing really to coach people thought it was a good for people putting up their own net metering systems are just not friendly.

we're not open to it. and again, i think it might be a little bit of lack of knowledge, of lack of education, but in the elected generating companies like distribution companies because of pretty much lobby against the do. so it's very, the cody to bears believes that there is not much time left, and it's critical for the west to finally shift to cleaner renewable resources. what we say in our language, from a car, mother, earth, full and warren. because every single day we're affecting our mill, our mother, we're harming our money. markets always and why science is that and realizes that being their original care caretakers of this land. we know how to give back a lot of people had so many years, but nobody's ever learn how to get a native american to be brought to the table in this country. so we did start with

world wide so important today to start giving back with the current energy crisis. the renewable energy industry hopes to become a bigger part of the conversation. another industry that's come on, discrete ne, for its environmental impact is fashion. with ever more, clara is being sold at ever lower prices. it can seem like a race to the bottom. in our next report would take you to a high tech garment factory in the german city of mentioned, glad back. run by clothing giant cna. it's taking a new approach to a clothing classic appears dean's being lent a distressed look without harmful chemicals for laser device as part of a new high tech factory open fi clothing giant c in a in the german city of mentioned platform tasks previously seen to buy teams of people are now largely done by machines. the site has

a human workforce of just 100, but it's set to turn out 800000 pairs of jeans a year with all the power coming from solar and wind entity there. while again, i'm so glad we want to be producing ourselves again. profiting from the short supply routes involved with goods made directly in europe. and of course, renewable energy is help us make production carbon neutral by fights of what a seal the plans moto is feel green in blue. one prominent example, a new ultra efficient washing system that reduces the volume of water needed to make a pair of jeans from 90 to just 10 meters. the battery also use a state of the art technologies appear assembly stage. the automated sewing machines keep the product prices competitive while also being faster and more reliable than the human counterparts live. i'm a senior problem. this machine enables us to make around a 1000 back pocket

a day or fully automated. our colleague there has to do is insert them. i'm sophomore in asian factories. it takes up to 4 people ord, because the pockets need to be sown on manual like most, which takes longer and is less precise than with this machine. what is that these over now? we do the same exam as in about another advantage for cna is greater flexibility and a faster response time to missing sizes or new trains. the location in western germany makes the plant ideally place to supply the company's retail outlets in europe. river go low, doesn't off we want production to mirror demand, all 3 of us. and of course, one of the big benefits of regional production is that enables us to cater directly to the yes, not for this year. but human work is with their experience remain crucial. some used to be taylor's in syria or afghanistan. for example. german garment workers now constitute a small minority a loaner in last worked in the garment

industry in the 19 eighties and wasn't expecting it ever to return to mention glover. now 57, she works with one of the high tech machines and doesn't ever have to pick up a needle. i shouldn't have gotten for it makes my work a lot easier, which is great. like there's not as much fiddler stuff to do with our white mackwood, but i do things like that. those are still a bit complicated. i bought by overrule these modern machines definitely makes sewing work easier. i believe, of his wife. sustainable high tech production is good news for band, hence 12. he works for in quarter in n g o that advocates for fairly produced clothing and hopes that others see and a factories will benefit from the new developments. technically what so does the technical innovation is fantastic, especially in conjunction with sustainability leaders, us as an injury. yo, we want to see this happening across the entire supply chain because asia will

remain an important supplier. the post on outside the company says it's new factory as a testing ground for sustainable production. the long term plan is to expand the deployment of these new technologies such as lasers for bleaching genes. i'd ask, listen, but we want to pass on all the non edge we gather here to our other plants and also to asia in order to raise standards their tea. and while sustainability is one issue, the team at n g a in quarter se c and a needs to take urgent action in other areas too, is in some brook, but they are in the association for sustainable textiles, but not really visible when it comes to key issues like a living way or a real commitment to sustainable cotton instead of just the cotton made in africa label. so there's room for improvement, is definitely male couldn't. asia will remain c and a's primary source of production. but whether there will be an increase in government manufacturing in germany,

that will depend on how the new factory says and on the sales of the genes that it makes. matter we have time for, for this edition of made, it's been a pleasure having you along with us. remember you can find all the reports on stay show and our previous editions pat t to we dot com slash mate you to next time. okay. ah ah ah ah ah ah, with

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