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but that can change in an instant. power cuts are leaving millions of people in the dark. more on that later i muddy xena and shears, what else is coming up? the cost of crops, how to support america struggling pharmacy, the cost of climate neutrality? how to switch to e buffers without over spending, and the cost of a fresh start. a turkish dr. settled and berlin, welcome to maid d, w's, business magazine. europe maybe save from gas shortage, just this winter. and that's thanks to importance of l. n. g liquefied natural gas . the worn ukraine has fueled frantic purchases of it. but industrialized countries are paying higher prices, which poor countries cannot afford, and they are now facing blackouts. christiane potatoes has more in this blue. on october 4th, 2022. the power suddenly went out in bangladesh,

plunging over 100000000 people into darkness. initially, no explanation was given. oh, during the day life continued more or less as normal, the figures flak out in almost a decade was likely connected to gas supply shortages due to the country's ongoing struggle to fund imports at the vital resource. i think the challenges rather more offer limited supply of guess or to the power generation companies. we chest suddenly and suddenly or shut down the production of some of the ball plants. and that has created a choose pressure in the and that power demand from the rest of the other a global greek dead areas and has created a high fluctuation and high voltage radiation. and which caused this problem.

bangladesh is not the only country in asia where cooking with gas has become a luxury and factories have had to rush in their usage of industrial gas. most of the tankers carrying liquefied natural gas, or l. n. g, a, destined for ports in the west, wealthy or european nations can afford the high prices, which have risen dramatically since the russian invasion of ukraine. and that includes the asian market at the start of 2022 gas costs, $40.00 per m m b t u, or 1000000 british thermal units. soon after the war in ukraine broke out, they had more than doubled before falling to its original level. the suspected sabotage of the north stream pipeline saw the price rise back up to over $70.00 per m. m b to you. but eventually it again returned to $40.00, which was already relatively high. as a result, l n g tankers were no longer docking at many asian ports,

leading to further and more drastic complications. it was as low as $67.00 before the but before the war, and during the time of pandemic. now it reached to over $42.00 and more. so this has rather a created a choose pressure, 40 limited amount of foreign exchange reserves. country like bungler bish to import adequate amount off for elaine g from the, from the global market, frequent blackouts, and nothing new for bangladesh. as all related street protests. this latest massive outage has exacerbated tensions while other countries in asia are also under increasing pressure. these countries are also scrambling to have access to energy at the same time as a big giant in the room. and the european union is trying to win itself off, russian dependency on energy, oil and gas. so there's a scramble, there's

a scrambled for an energy liquid and natural gas. and in these countries the poorer countries who don't have the same financial file power or as the european union are being elbowed out of the market. gas is an urgent demand at many of asia, industrial companies, but their consumption is subject to limits. at the same time, ordinary people are facing major constraints. in many, many a cities, a gas is limited to say, maybe an hour in the morning. that's the case in karachi, for instance, in pakistan. so on the personal level, people are suffering because there isn't it, not gas to coke to feed their families. brown out. blackouts mean that industry is factories, plants, textiles, footwear, et cetera, which is a staple of many of these are of the economies of south asia, can't work full time. industrial nations can afford the high prices for l. n g and

with the majority of russian gauss, no longer available on the it a number of emerging countries. and now looking for alternatives. and my fear is really that in many parts of the world and south asia as well, people will start using called again. the prospect of lower energy prices seems at least a few years away. a situation that is already having a tangible knock on effect for many countries in asia, with even cold, becoming more expensive. but for the foreseeable future, using coal to produce energy will still be far cheaper than the gas option. agriculture consumes a lot of energy. and soaring costs are also the top priority for american farmers. in addition to rising fertilizer, chemical and seek prices, energy costs are squeezing their profit margins. you as president biden has made big promises to help farmers, whether the storm,

but many of them say that his administration caused their problems in the 1st place . ah, who across the american midwest farmers are wrapping up their harvest. but it's been an unusual year. the story of agriculture right now is really 2 different stories. economically, prices are pretty good for commodities gone. and so, i mean, i can kind of go up and down, but our expenses have tremendously while as you look around, everything you see here is made out of steel, aluminum, plastic, rubber. and then of course to produce our crops, we need seed, we need fertilizer. we need chemicals, many of those things are produced halfway around the world. and so we've been impacted in just about every way that a person can as a small but influential constituency. how is inflation affecting their view of how the government has handled the economy and who do they think will deliver the

future they want further land? let's get what's commonly known out of the american farmers tend to vote republican . that was true, even in 2020. they overwhelmingly supported donald trump, despite his damaging trade war with china, a key export market for us agriculture. but whichever government is in charge, farmers receive generous subsidies, running up to the 10s of billions annually, with support from the us department of agriculture breaking records. during the pandemic, american farmers have a lot going for them from rise and commodity prices. you have tension of policy makers and billions of dollars in federal funding with more the cost. but the agricultural sector is facing a series of challenges for rising energy costs to input prices and monies have passed policy of late. and i guess what, what bothers us as farmers as that

a lot of them have to happen. we were energy self sufficient, 2 years ago, and president biden, 1st thing he did was shut down the keystone ex pipeline. up through this area. would have been a tremendous economic benefit and the cost of energy when it rises like it did, causes inflation that re one diesel fuel. we plant our car, so we do all the things that we have to do to make that crop, grow and prosper. and then we harvest that. and when energy prices are, are allowed to get that high, just works all the way through, ultimately to the final consumer who is paying 304050 percent more for food. now because of all that, those higher prices for agricultural products are helping offset some of their ballooning outlays. like the tripling of fertilizer costs in the past year. but farmers expect their spending to blow past their revenue. so we're not losing a lot of money, but eventually crap prices come back down the supply and demand works its way through and those prices come back. and we're certainly hopeful that expenses will

come back down with them. but that doesn't always happen right away, and there's usually at least a year or 2 or where the, the net income is, is not profitable for the farmers struggling. the most help is on the way, as part of the $700000000000.00, strong inflation reduction law by 5 didn't buy this year. more than $3000000000.00 in debt. that's quite the name of the democrat. my bill is really meant to do battle the climate crisis, spending a further $20000000000.00 to supplement existing conservation efforts to make farms more sustainable in the long run. but the agricultural community has mixed feelings about it. there is a, a very healthy number of farmers that are always concerned about government spending. and so any time a number like $20000000000.00 is thrown out there they're,

they're concerned and they want to know ok. our children and grandchildren going to be stuck with the bill for this friend and width is done with his harvest for now, but he says, concern for the future in climate change guide is work. we've diversified the crops that we raise. we, we do a 3 crop rotation now with wheat. whereas typically for us, we were just doing corn and soybeans, you know, 15 years ago now we are trying to conserve our soil, make sure that it doesn't blow away and when storms and we're trying to conserve our water to make sure it doesn't run what run off during you know, large rainfall events in this election season, republicans have criticized the land conservation provisions laid out in the bill, accusing the government of over emphasizing climate. but brandon wave says farmers like him have little time for the political back and forth. it's hard to know exactly where the right place for the government to land on that is it's not

necessarily that they should be doing more or less. it's just i, you know, we have, we have problems right now that we need to be addressing. and we don't have 5 years to sit and bicker about the realities of the science that we see or what we need to be doing. we need to, we need to get down to business right away. and so if there's anything that the government can be doing better, it is just let's be a little quicker. are rolling out some of the money to farmers so that we cannot so that we can do what we do best over at south dakota state university. agricultural economists, deep ecology says this moment of economic unpredictability could be an opportunity to ramp up sustainability. i would hope this kind of market to uncertainty, not only in the commodity market, but also in the input sector. formulas of find it more kind of meaningful or attract david bit to the incentives coming from the federal government in terms of cost share,

or subsidies to switch to more sustainable production practices. however, she cautioned the government against nearly throwing money at the sector to effect the results. it wants to see there is a lot of money flowing into read a batch student. we don't, you know, so we don't know how to measure the, how it's going to be impacting there be some change, but hopefully down down the line. but i don't know how big it will be by one of the key factors will be to get farmers on board instead of going and telling them how to do or what to do. if you go and check the producers, you know, it is in their best interest, then i think we could see them change. democrat lead legislation is unlikely to bring down prices anytime soon. and economic challenges for farmers. there's little evidence the government f when both beyond any election, farmers say they have to balance the needs of the present with the uncertainty of

what's to come. the what we do in agriculture is your plan for kind of average for the best and prepare for the worst. but you never know what's going to come and you just have to be prepared. the american people are especially are politicians. we think in 2 and 4 year election cycles, well out here, i'm thinking in decades and generations and the job that i have to do is so much bigger in the grand scheme of things. then one politicians career. ah, i really try not to confuse the to every administration has things that they do that, that i appreciate and things that i don't appreciate. and so i don't get to worried about this year's politics or this year's economy. i try to see the big through that big picture lens that these farmers make their choices, whether at the pools or on their farm to day

every 3rd german will use public transportation. buses are a core part of that system. i myself took the bus to work today, for example. and germany's transport system isn't just essential to get around. it also presents an opportunity to cut emissions. now unfortunately, most of germany spots is still run on fossil fuels because buying new battery powered ones is still very expensive. now, a german startup has created a solution. ah, this is the future. an e bus taking on city traffic for now it's a rare sight. not even 3 percent of the buses on germany's roads are electric powered. so there's still a lot to do if germany's public transport system is to be climate you chose by 2045 as planned. manufacturers can hardly keep up with demand. even though an electric power bus is twice as expensive as a diesel one. what about just upgrading older models?

no hope of on there are 800000 buses on the roads in europe. bush scrapping them all in the name of c o. 2 neutrality doesn't make sense, and we would like to electrify as many of these vehicles as possible as a way to supplement new vehicles again. so we are planning growth across europe. on my 2026, i would like to convert 5000 buses and it was 26 and 20 who to can from 1000 plus almost a retrofit upgrade as environmentally friendly and cheaper. it costs around half as much as a brand new hipa. old motor out new one and it sounds easy, but it's not engineers spent a year figuring out how to make it. what do they do without what on it's the biggest challenge is development. is it about the actual manufacturer is easy. the difficulty is the development behind its integration dog getting the components

into the space previously intended for something else. a bus isn't designed for batteries or other power sources. it's built around an engine, got it, and now we have batteries and, and they have to fit in somewhere designed. that's the challenge to ms. nits i noticed out little the engine used to be where the batteries are now. and embossed bonia, we install lithium, ion phosphate batteries in the buses. you take the batteries are not the batteries are non combustible and do not require nickel or manganese. mm hm. with the empty bottles in, in our buses, the batteries are underneath the passengers. bellagio, so it's better ish if the material beneath them is not explosive mother on, on zix was even on the engine this now in the tie is it's called a wheel hub. moto, it's much smaller,

but much more efficient than the older ones. yeah, interesting. gotten me gemacht, i'm mega market is currently being created here, reproach, and that's also a big point of criticism. beyond that, we as germany warrant of the forefront tongue ally, we waited for others to do the work. while we kept developing our 6 cylinder diesel or gasoline engines, this, that's why we're now stepping up our efforts to catch up on to see how we can see that this conversion concept will work worldwide. and that's what we're working toward, of good of his goldfish hood retrofitting old masses instead of buying expensive new ones. it's one i did in the fight against climate change and one that doesn't only work for buses, rethinking and reinventing, that's also important on the global job market. the reopening phase falling the pandemic pushed up to man for workers and cost labor shortages here in europe. and in other parts of the world,

many countries now rely on workers from abroad more than ever to fill these vacancies, whether for their harvests or their hospitals. but not all migrants are treated equally. our diversity experts upon dodge and belo reports. good. my grand bad migrant, bad migrant. good migrant, good migrant. what do you think? i'm a migraine than germany, but am i a good one or a bad one? if someone told me to come up with example of good migrant, i'd quickly think of people like hollywood actress, lupita youngel, former credits with the o t john t m and was ambien born economists be some loyal. it's the rich, the famous, the successful i have a confession. when i 1st moved to germany, i always felt uneasy when the only other african migrant iceland restaurant was either in the kitchen or working as

a platform attended. and despite the nods and some times friendly smiles, i got and returned. i always felt ambivalent. but why? the migraines that society celebrates tend to be over achievers and their migrant status. not even mentioned in the media. that's not the case for negative headlines . ah, this creates a very skewed image and often color is our ideas of what a good and bad migrant is. good migrant. a well educated and tend to come from wealthier country. bad migraines are less educated and tend to come from poor countries who's allowed in is very much based on julio stories. think can contribute more 15 percent of workers in the u. k. national health service, a foreign and here in germany. one nurse in ken is a foreigner,

and that number is growing because germany needs 400000 migrants every year for the economy to maintain its momentum. did you know germany is home to the world's 2nd highest number of international migrant, but it is still struggling to feel job vacancies, much like other advanced economy. it's not just nurses id professionals or engineers care workers, airport workers, and reference stuff. i desperately needed my unease overseeing african migrants in these jobs, which in generally badly paid has disappeared over the years. and that's a good thing when to about know whether they are they are because their potential isn't being seen because their credentials haven't been recognized. or because that is one of the few jobs that they can get, matters left to me,

especially after the call in 1900 pandemic and this summer's travel, kale. i hope we all realize that maybe there are no good and bad migrants a ship or chuck is from turkey and worked with a doctor in berlin. he's one of the many highly trained migrants in germany. but even so, moving to rollin was not without its challenges. casting sites that accompanied him through his day. my name is the ship or jack, i'm told 7 years old, and i'm coming from turkey. i am a medical doctor, especially an honest business. and i'm working in a big post to a firm, and in my daily life, i'm mostly working as opperation room coordinator,

that we have several operations rooms. and i'm trying to coordinate the people who must do what and what patient will get. what kind of an it is yet at least $67.00, the surgeries per day going through under our hands. and i mean, carrying the responsibility of these patients. i'm really proud of my job and i really like it here in germany, i learned a lot of new techniques. germany is the producing country of medical products, new medical techniques. so you are in the country, but it has to be developed. so you see it on the 1st thing. that's why i have the opportunity to work with. it's really cool. new tools if you qualify to work in germany as a doctor, it's

a process of acknowledgment. if you complete the acknowledgment process, you can apply for the jobs in my 1st day is in the hospital. that was really, really stressful for me. i couldn't understand the people talk to me. i couldn't express myself totally. on the other hand, the german people in medical business, they are all freight prepaid for the for a doctor that that means that they are not expecting your german to be perfect. ah, we already had the trap. doctor attack in our team. ah, maybe 30 percent of our employees in my apartment are for a nurse or for a roots it is

really extremely difficult to find an apartment in berlin. it took us a couple of months to find something fitting. and actually we are still in search. i'm married, we don't have children, so we have a lot of private time. and that's one of the most important reasons. i came to germany, divert life balance, and really working on proper hours and after our time finished, then you're going well, you don't how to stay anymore. ah, i am happy that i took my terms and advice, the people who are ready to challenge me. ah, and thank you for watching another episode of maine. as you might have noticed, this is my very 1st episode, hosting dwi business magazine. i'm excited to be part of the team and to see you

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