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Gas Crisis in Bulgaria 2009 - Coggle Diagram
Economics
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"Glass, steel, beer and metal producers were forced to shut down"
Some products are not being produced. These exact products are not essential for living, so people can live without them for a while. The huge problem in this situation is the budget. Companies also lose money and when their production is not high enough, the income is not high enough, so they might go bankrupt. This will have a negative effect on the country's industry too.
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Environment
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"The bosses have resisted our pleas for electric heaters so we just sit there and freeze all day, hardly able to concentrate"
The low temperatures result in poor working conditions for the companies still able to work without gas. Poor working conditions may lead to low efficiency of the workers and low quality of the work done.
Politics
"Bulgaria is almost 100% dependent on Russia for energy, and has no access to any alternative gas routes or suppliers"
This exact situation clearly shows why depending on a single supplier may be crucial for a whole country's population. The lack of a second supplier (or even third and fourth) has resulted in this economic crisis.
"the central heating suddenly went cold on Wednesday, shortly after gas supplies from Ukraine were shut off"
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Society
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"We can barely afford the electricity bill we'll receive at the end of this. But it's simple - if we don't pay for electricity, we'll be paying for medicine for our child."
As already mentioned, it is hard (or even impossible) for people to work in these conditions. Using electricity for heating is not as cheap as using gas. Medicine is also expensive. This family implies that poverty cannot be avoided, but the health of their daughter is the parents' highest priority.