A technician checks meters at VNG's underground natural gas storage facility in Germany. File photoMOSCOW, Aug 1Problems with gas supplies to Germany could create problems for local crematoria, Reuters reported. If gas rationing is introduced in Germany, crematoria should be given priority, since gas is needed for their operation. «You can't turn off death,» he added. According to the German Funeral Home Association, cited by Reuters, about three-fourths of German deaths are cremated every year. It is reported that over time, crematoria will be able to replace gas with electricity, but such a transition will be required time. In the short term, it is possible to reduce the temperature in cremation ovens from 850 degrees Celsius to 750, which will save about 10-20% of gas. However, in order to take such measures, you need to obtain special permission from the local authorities. In addition, crematoria turn off some furnaces and keep others on fire in order to save and not waste more gas on heating them. A representative of the cremation consortium stressed that such a measure could reduce gas consumption by 80%, but not all crematoria are in sufficient demand to switch to this model of operation. .jpg» />In Germany, against the backdrop of a gas shortage, the first coal-fired thermal power plant was withdrawn from the reserve
