Like millions of Poles, Mateusz Szumlas would normally have coal delivered to his cellar by his local supplier in good time for him and his partner to heat their home for winter.
But this year Szumlas has had to become something of a cross-border fuel trader, travelling to buy coal in the Czech Republic and lugging it back to his Polish hometown of Świeradów-Zdrój. He only expects to receive a portion of the four to five tonnes he usually gets brought to his door, even after Poland’s parliament approved emergency subsidies for the one-third of households that use coal to keep warm.
“People are now counting on the subsidies from the government, but it doesn’t really help solve the problem when coal is unavailable,” Szumlas said.
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