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September 2026: The world today, as seen by one Polish guy

522 points · 391 comments · marjancek

  1. Tade0 · · focus · HN ↗
    I feel like this is overdramatized a bit.

    For instance: it's mentioned that EU gas storage is at 67% and Germany's at 56%.

    What is not mentioned though is that Poland's storage is at 97% because the previous administration, for better or worse, was paranoid enough to invest in a sizeable marine gas terminal and the current one stocked up early.

    Regarding real estate: adjusted for inflation prices peaked 2.5 years ago, interest rates are also much lower than back then. Nobody is buying because all the Ukrainian refugees who were moving to Poland are here already and that's the last bump in population this country will see for the foreseeable future.

    Also there's the threat of war on Polish soil, which affects investor sentiment.

    1. Germanioum · · focus · HN ↗
      Humans are fragile.

      Just because the numbers might be small if germany doesn't has enough gas and some old fragile human being might die of this or because they cant afford the gas, its still no way to die in a country like germany.

      1. Grimeton · · focus · HN ↗
        Life is finite.
        1. Germanioum · · focus · HN ↗
          Yes than reduce the strain on the planet by removing yourself from it?

          What does your comment add to this discussion?

          We should stop caring? You decide how others can live because you are well off?

          1. Grimeton · · focus · HN ↗
            People not being able to afford gas is nonsense. Germany pays for it.

            The other thing is: If a few cold days kill you then your health wasn't much to begin with after all.

            Old people die. It's not always a heart attack or a stroke. It's the flu at a high age that gets them.

            1. Germanioum · · focus · HN ↗
              Germany doesn't pay for it, the consumers pay for it.

              The issue is real: if prices jump to high, certain people stop heating. They have to endur the cold, get sick etc.

              Poor people and old people are affected the most.

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