American media: Historical droughts, European Rhine and Danube Materials transportation or blocked

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] The historic droughts that Europe is experiencing a serious decline in the water level such as the Rhine River not only affects the inland river shipping in Europe, but also a serious impact on agricultural production and people's lives. Bloomberg reported on the 10th that the river played an important role in European inland transportation. Statistics showed that the European River provided more than 1 tons of freight for each EU resident every year, and river transportation contributed about $ 80 billion to the regional economy. Later this week, some of the water levels of the Rhine may be too low to pass, which will block the transportation of important materials such as diesel and coal. At the same time, similar problems have occurred in the Danube, causing the transportation of agricultural products and other supplies.

The Rhine will be partially broken! European arterial interruption will make the European economy worsening the source vision China

In addition to severe drought, human production and life also put huge pressure on the European river system. Data show that the population of the Rhine Basin is about 58 million, and residents drink water, agricultural irrigation, industrial production and even power generation. Ironically, the European Union originally hopes to reduce energy consumption in the form of increasing inland river transportation, as a major starting point for the development of green economy under the crisis of climate change. Today, the water level of the river has fallen, and the river transport itself is facing crisis. In fact, in 2018, the Rhine had a problem of large -scale shipbuilding due to low water levels. At that time, a total of 5 billion euros caused by the breakout incident, and the current losses caused by the breakout crisis may far exceed the scale of 2018. At the same time, the river cut off air does not simply replace other highway railway transportation. Taking Germany as an example, the country's railway system has long -term capacity and has long been overwhelmed. In addition, a carrier loaded with a barrier can be equipped with 110 trucks, and human and costs are also facing problems.

The impact of the decline in the decline in the European River is not limited to the shipping crisis. Agricultural capacity accounted for about 30 % of the Bohe Valley in Italy. The water level reached a new low in 70 years. The local corn and sunflower planting industry was impacted. In France, the water temperature of the Longhe and the Galon River in the cool summer is too high to provide sufficient cooling effects for nuclear power plants. France, which was originally stronger in nuclear power, was an important power exporter in Europe, and now only half of the nuclear reactor continues to work. In addition, the tourism industry is also a victim. At the end of July, the decline in the water level caused the Danube long -distance cruise to run. Many passengers had to abandon the ship and passed the plane to the next stop. (Wang Pinzhi)

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