descending into poverty. the most advanced continental and the planet, the birthplace of western civilization is getting much poorer, moving backwards at a high speed. just a year ago, europe was in a modern place. the overwhelming majority of europeans filled their homes with natural gas, as modern people do. in germany, the world s richest country, only about 6% of households heated their homes with and you can expect that given that germany is a modern, industrialized country, with central heating, indoor plumbing, the trappings of a modern society that has last year, only 6% of germans used wood to get their homes, but it s risen so fast, the demand, that there is none left to buy. so now, germans are cutting their own, scouring the forest like their ancestors. some in germany are taking matters into their own hands. about two hours outside of berlin, residents of the small town to go have to be innovative for this project organizer, if you don t it will neve
like their ancestors. some in germany are taking matters into their own hands. about two hours outside of berlin, residents of the small town to go have to be innovative for this project organizer, if you don t it will never succeed. this village of 60 people. so they call it biomass, but it is wood. tonight, cars queued up outside of coal mines looking for fuel. it s beyond imagination, 167-year-old polish man told reuters. people were sleeping in their cars.