It's good that the Poles have mines at home! According to foreign media reports on November 27, Poland is rich in coal reserves, and some people say that coal mines can be mined as long as they dig a few meters in their yards.
A local taxi driver told the media that it is easier to make money illegally digging coal than driving a taxi. A four-person coal digging team can dig up 1 ton of coal in one hour, and each of them earns 1,000 Polish zloty (about $220) for half a day, which is equivalent to about 60% of the weekly income of locals.
Illegal coal digging is reported in the forests, fields and bushes of Waubžikh, and even in private gardens.
Poland is the largest coal producer in the EU, data show that 37% of Polish households rely on coal for heating, the entire EU relies on coal heating, 77% of households are concentrated in Poland, due to soaring fuel prices, even people who cannot afford to burn coal burn garbage for heating.
