New Energy
Desperate Europeans Return to the World’s Oldest Fuel for Warmth
‘It’s back to the old days’ as demand for firewood soars due to gas shortage.
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Not far from Berlin’s Tempelhof airport, Peter Engelke is putting up a new security gate at his warehouse because of concerns about desperate people pilfering his stock. The precious asset at risk is firewood.