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world's super powers fighting on a new front central to gaining the upper hand is gathering information. and it isn't just governments that need to be capital, who they share that data with. businesses need to do the same as we're about to find out here on mate. also coming up, petrol, tank or plate, should food ever be used as fuel? methane madness? why aren't firms plugging bag greenhouse gas leaks and no go for snow is climate change causing ski season to melt away but fast from ports to highways and from the north sea to the mediterranean. in recent years, china has been buying up infrastructure all over europe. meetings, sprawling campaign of overseas investment has seen it take a growing stake in the systems that enable many countries to function. but concern is growing over these inter continental arrangements as relations between the you

and china freeze over is beijing's approach about to come crashing down. ah, the shipping containers are built to be tough. a crash tested by the danish company mares, container industry, china international container limited plan to spend around 1000000000 euros to become majority shareholders in the danish firm. but the sale was blocked after objections from the competition regulators in germany in the us. the sale would have seen china control 90 percent of the global market for refrigerated containers . so the covet 19 crisis showed how important containers are for global trade. and chinese companies saw an opportunity long, most chose china as the buyer, which was surprising because everybody thought that the competitive authorities would decline the sale. and that is exactly what happened. so china is simply too

big in this industry to, to buy most contain industry. and that is why they're the same fade. in the south of denmark, shipping containers used to be built on a large scale, little of that industry remains in the region today. because in recent years, a large part of container production has been sold to china. local politician thomas anderson witnessed this development 1st hand. what remained was an engineering and development department for refrigerator containers, which is now also up for sale. for the former mayor, it is important that more manufacturing jobs are not moved to china. yamazik will support. we have a very large plant here in the old enrolled municipality where chows full wind turbines are produced and also electricity masts. and we are already mindful that they're not simply imported from overseas for that we produce them here locally. his eagle, them

a status 50 off by your snob. what's you with? chinese investments in the european union are now being closely scrutinized, like those in the port of hamburg, the chinese state shipping company. costco recently acquired a steak in a cargo terminal here long. it may just be a small steak, but across the u as a whole, 10 percent of port capacity is now in chinese hands. all the battles mon foundation has scrutinized chinese investment in germany. they have analyzed the strategy behind it. so i'm get on the one hand, china has the made in china 2025 strategy at the political level. it aims to make china a leading industrial nation and the acquisition of high tech companies abroad as an explicit part of the strategy tires of kotik. he,

according to the latest figures around $300.00 chinese companies, have investments in germany. there are around $2500.00 german companies active in china, and it appears that beijing wants to even the score the federal association of german industry generally views chinese investment in germany as a vote of confidence. the discussion of the discussion about this company operating in the port of hamburg changed on the question of whether a chinese shareholder would be able to make decisions that we don't like if that situation doesn't arise, then i don't have any issue with the purchase and see it positively, of course, we have to make sure we look after our own interests and not just sell off german s and also slotskum. back in denmark, the wind has changed. the global shortage of refrigerated shipping containers has eved and demand is still falling. felling maersk container making unit is not as

easy as it seemed. now, no one wants to pay the 1000000000 euros initially offered by the chinese. now biofuels are seen as one of the great hopes for a greener future. using plants to help power of vehicle is can reduce our emissions, but using crops for fuel instead of food is a controversial move. over the past 2 decades, biofuel production has increased dramatically well over a 1000000 barrels and now produced every day. but with parts of the world enduring food shortages of catastrophic proportions. why should our priorities lie in the petrol tank or on the plate? but gas tank is no place for food. environmentalists have hung a banner on the rape seed silo in the port of hamburg. they are angry that more and more arable land is being used to produce biofuel,

rather than to grow food crops. bill cuts tougher, imposing biofuel in cartons is environmental nonsense i. we are facing a global foot crisis and turning valuable grain into gasoline is responsible for the german government has to stop this nonsense immediately. land food belongs on our plates and not in the tank. got often tell our mission and tank biofuel is mixed with conventional fuel to reduce c o 2 emissions in light of the energy crisis manufacturers believe there is more need for this than ever. be a colonel mayor. we could produce more biofuel, but we would have to focus on that one out in focus that the moment i think germany is caught up in great change and impulse. but that's the challenges that we are facing. those are gigantic history and is in d. come tish, farmer court anchor also has no time for the proposed ban on biofuels. he supplies

grained to a biofuel factory near the eastern german city of leipzig, but it's low quality grain that isn't suitable for bread making. about 20 per cent of his harvest is destined for the gasoline tank. thus the squeak north head more for wheat that can be used for bread after all, over the him for high quality wheat with a lot of protein for the past industry. we get an even better price. i got, and last of all, there's the wheat that is used for animal feet. and by you ethanol. so let's go for all right, so be, i don't know if he sells his low quality grain to crop energies. the company uses it to make bio ethanol did when they entered the market 30 years ago, they got subsidies from the e. u to take the surplus grain off the market. now they have become whipping boys because they produce fuel rather than food. the managers feel misunderstood,

they say they're not destroying anything that could go on people's plate. yeah, he has it's and for being primarily we use animal feed wheat, which is not suitable for baking. when we use barley and corn syrup, which are also not suitable for baking, as they are of animal feet quality, what accredited by a lot of c o 2 is produced as a byproduct that can be used in the food industry. for example, to make fizzy mineral water under the product is protein that's used to make animal feel, saving the need to import soybeans from south america, where rain forests are often illegally cut down to make way for so i plantations. the biofuel company sees itself as a reliable local producer that can ease the pressure on germany during the energy crisis. we have in dodge non pollutant option plans are in germany that us but we are not dependent on our product remaining in germany. as i can deny,

i can only repeat the naivete and germany is so indescribable. only do i know what else to say. the fate mechanics in other countries think about themselves much more . and in the current situation, that is what we should be doing to that we have to have a rethink, biofuels, and bio energy are not just positive in terms of the climate. cindy, they also ensure security of supply for solid m. c. i'd be, critics are unimpressed and are calling for farmers to cultivate food crops and nothing else. they want biofuels to become a thing of the past. on the, on the lose all we have the solution out of his feet. electric cars are much more efficient than conventional ones or to some they are more claim at friendly lisa, we have to speed up the phasing out of combustion engines. latoya slowing, but biofuel manufacturers have a different idea they could gradually switch from grain to energy rich straw, benjamin,

newer from livestock pens for a long time, we've relied on the ground beneath our feet to yield the energy resources we need, namely fossil fuels, but bubbling away even deeper down is another powerful power source. it's the driving force behind these guys's. for example, 99 percent of our planet is hotter than a 1000 degrees celsius mostly beneath the earth crust on the volcanic island of iceland. that well aware of the awesome power of geothermal energy. so is it time the whole world did more to harness it? ah, actually no one in the world would have to freeze or do without electricity. if we were to just use what's right under our feet, the extreme heat of the earth's interior. the heat resides deep beneath the earth's

crust, residual heat from the formation of the earth, full and a half 1000000000 years ago. the deeper we drill the hotter it gets about 6000 degrees celsius in the earth's core. so wanna drill a hole and send heat up at a depth of 4000 meters, there's already water as hot as 160 degrees celsius. the water remains liquid due to the high pressure, but can be converted into water vapor if can drive a turbine, which then generates electricity. with the non evaporated part, which is still around 90 degrees celsius buildings can be heated via district heating network. once the water has given off its heat, it is fed back into the rock layer from which had came via another pipe. this is called deep geothermal energy. but there are some difficulties. first of all, you have to find the right rock layer that will also conduct the ground water,

chemicals i used for drilling. and among other things, the pressure exerted on the rock layer during drilling can lead to landslides and even minor earthquakes. fear of consequences such as landslides, environmental pollution, and damage to houses has led to protests against geothermal projects around the world, often with success in so called near surface. geothermal energy is less dangerous. in this case, drilling is only 400 meters deep of that depth. the temperatures are only 10 degrees celsius, which is enough to heat houses, the principal through a heat exchanger the geothermal energy is transferred to a refrigerant because the refresh wind has a very low boiling point, it evaporates, the steam is compressed in a compressor and transferred to the heating system in another heat exchanger where it heat oh cools. however,

electricity cannot be generated in this way. the share of geothermal energy and global energy production is still just half a percent. so far, only a fraction of the enormous geothermal potential under our feet is being used when it comes to greenhouse gas as carbon dioxide is public enemy number one, but is by no means the only harmful substance that we regularly release into our atmosphere. methane is another major threats to our planet survival. in fact, it's building up at a faster rate than c o 2. but did you know that not all of the methane in the atmosphere is fully accounted for? we don't actually know where some of it is coming from. so can we solve the mystery of me? thing. we're looking at the biggest climate catastrophe that nobody's talking about filling all of this here. no, all of this year is left. me a powerful gash,

silently baking the planet. it's responsible for more than a quarter of global warming since the industrial revolution. and it's pouring out of fossil fuel facility. and no good reason. we're talking about plumbing to literally that throat cutting methane emissions, is one of the cheapest, fastest, and easiest way to slur climate change. but the companies responsible on doing it. and with a few exceptions loop, these even holding them accountable. what we're going to be doing today is finding the thing and working out how to get rid of it. let's go meet pain on to at 1st, let's meet james teresa from the clean air task force. an environmental group pushing the tech and policy solutions to keep the planet from heating. you know, if we can reduce methane emissions about 45 percent in the next 10 years, we can actually shave off almost point 3 degrees celsius of warming during the next

2 to 3 decades point 30 degree. yeah, that goes a little that's quite a lot. certainly, i mean, it slows down the growth of warming and speed of warming and gives us more time to solve the harder challenges with carbon pollution. the problem is me think concentrations are rising fast across the world. enormous quantities of pouring out of bombs, landfills and fossil fuel infrastructure. so she might already be familiar with the cattle couse have for stomachs that digest period in a way that filter boats with me excited. it's a mythic counterpart for the problem here. only small amount comes out the back rice paddies are another big source of the methane emissions from agriculture together with the sheep and some other food sources like this make up 40 percent of human cause methane emissions then live landfills, responsible for about 20 percent of the problem when bacteria breakdown organic

waste without oxygen, they also produce me thing. but the, so we're interested in is the easiest effect fossil fuels. they're responsible for one 3rd of humanities, methane emissions. the gas we been for cooking and heating is almost entirely made up for me thing. but it's leaking everywhere. offshore rigs, oil wealth, gas pipelines, and also the facilities were about to visit with driving to an industrial park on the outskirts of milan, where fossil gases stood. facilities like this are a vital part of the energy supply chain that nobody really paid attention to. we've come had the pollution that you can't see with the naked eye. you can be living right next to a methane leak and have absolutely no idea what's happening. fossil fuel companies generally aren't too thrilled about people calling them out for polluting. so when to retire turns up at a site like this, he stays outside the security fence and scanned the area with

a special camera to search for me thing. and here comes the big question. will we spot fugitive methane emissions escaping from the facility? okay, yes. so what you're seeing is gas coming out of the vents, that this is at the core of what meeting on tuesday, making the invisible visible. i literally can't say anything on my phone. and here we can see a gigantic leak of a gas pouring out of the top of that pipe. yeah, exactly. that's the reason my camera can't pick up these emissions. my think of a few 100 years. where as theresa is camera cough, 100000. yes. 100000 years. the price tag is so high because the camera picks up infrared radiation at the wave length needed to see hydrocarbons like me thing. andel there it can't measure how much is leaking out. the camera does show where the problems, though. it can be invisible gases,

it can detect things that i as a normal person, i'm not able to detect that is mind blowing. but if it does kind of explain why this is such a kind of why this whole industry is getting away with all the method mission, right? people do not have any idea just how, how much is leaking out, where it's coming from. the international energy agency estimates a world methane emissions from the power sector are about 70 percent higher than country the reporting in their official data. the tracking though the missions is tricky. even for the people hunting me thing, they're basically 3 ways methane gets released. there are simple leaks which could be because the screw hasn't been tightened or a piece of equipment to the rusty, then the venting. let me think of intentionally let out. this might be done to reduce pressure in a pipe during maintenance work, for instance. the 3rd, if larry, when me think coming out of the vent of bud letting me think turns it from

a super harmful gas to, well, just to regular harmful one. but often it's done so poorly, that roomy thing is still escaping into the atmosphere. so some of these sources can certainly be fix and pretty easily, you know, we were looking at a valve for just looking at a valve like really could just be tightened. yeah. other stuff, my, you know, fixing or repairing that might be a little more complex to understand where the missions are coming from. fossil fuel companies could come meet the emissions by staggering 75 percent using technologies that already exist on some capable, tightening or clothing about more than 40 percent. and i e, a suggested emissions cuts literally wouldn't cost anything. and that's because companies can take the ghastly waist and actually sell it on when you're venting gas, you're losing a lot of gas that

a lot of money. there are few reasons for this. some companies don't know how much is leaking. some would rather invest the capital in activities that bring shorter term profit and some don't even have the infrastructure to sell it on for industrial use. that to be completely honest, there's an even bigger scandal going on. who the most surprising thing about all of this is that these methane emissions are just, they're not even illegal. that's of the, i don't get these this in warming the planet. and there's not even the regulations in place for thought companies from doing those things are changing. methane with it, with a flash really landmark agreement to reduce a me vain emissions of the cop 26 climate summit. leaders for more than $100.00 countries pledged to slash global methane emissions by 30 percent. by the end of the decade, the european union plans to introduce new requirements for measuring and reporting methane emissions, as well as spotting and plugging leaks if even proposed ban on venting and flare.

what it hasn't yet considered though, is setting a standard for the oil and gas it bies elsewhere and forcing inputs down to that cover. the whole supply chain could drive changes in countries with leaky facilities. that could spread the changes needed to cut methane emissions globally . and by the extra time needed to stock temper was rising. sticking with the subject of climate change, it's been an unusually warm winter here in europe. that's actually been a relief to household battling sky high energy bills. but it's been a worrying time for the continents winter sports resorts. skiers have at times been confined and narrow strips of artificial snow as they wait for the real stuff to fall if it fell tall is a design of ski seasons to come? last house has been finding out, ah, you can see the alps from here within a few years, only the highest peaks will have a virtual snow guarantee in winter,

in lower regions like he and or bash dolphin snow is exceedingly rare. and never has that been as little as this winter, green meadows everywhere. not exactly what tourists are looking for. most cabins on the cable car are empty. and those who booked a week of fun on the slopes, hadn't changed their plans. you can merge my phone number if she to usually i do ski and snowshoe tours all winter long. honestly, now i'll have to find another way y'all, my, well, i'll just hike then give mud to force flanagan a she i love skiing. well, hiking is okay to, but i'd really rather go skiing them on the whole cut the regions highest peak still offer some snowy adventures, but the main attraction is out of commission. because even up here, there's not enough cover for the sledding tracking make digging on 0 asked letting track is a big deal here. it's faster, it takes gummies, it's pretty steep, almost 5 kilometers long from kilometer long. this season sledding fun is not quite

as long as the nearby huntley cable car. they've made just enough snow to at least keep some kids happy and better yet. there's even some skiing possible if only for absolute beginners as me, i'm here with made some snow limited to this one location and we were able to offer skiing lessons for lab for a better skiers. you can't get around there too, and it's just not enough. was not to people just to vinegar the algoy region, well come some for 1000000 visitors every year, making tourism the main business here. winter accounts for a 3rd of it. naturally climate change has people worried, a strong showing between november and february is key to the survival of shops, restaurants, and hotels. some of them are already busy preparing for future seasons without snow . this vauder plan and is just again, usually our guests come here for skiing,

but this year that was impossible due to a lack of snow plan and show me where we are expecting more of interest to be like this. we can count on snow any more that i will. so i should be. that's why we are investing in other projects like this kits. playground so that we can keep our guests entertained any way. an orange went to hide the kernan. the hotels new adventure playground has just opened. more projects are planned and some summer attractions can also be extended. like the up c coaster, germany's longest mountain run. that since you down hill at really high speed, it's as close as one gets to a real down hill adventure this winter loss house are enjoying himself that will continue to bring you the latest on the climate crisis and its impact for businesses world wide in future editions of made t w's business magazine. and if you want to see more about past episodes,

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