▲ 612 ▼ Germany begins dismantling wind farm for coal (euobserver.com) submitted 3 years ago by lntl@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 282 comments fedilink hide all child comments German energy giant RWE has begun dismantling a wind farm to make way for a further expansion of an open-pit lignite coal mine in the western region of North Rhine Westphalia. I thought renewables were cheaper than coal. How is this possible?
[–] youRFate@feddit.de 54 points 3 years ago (5 children) Still, its lignite, they should cease all mining operations. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 34 points 3 years ago (3 children) Lignite is the worst coal, most polluting and least energy dense afaik, why would you bother mining it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] youRFate@feddit.de 15 points 3 years ago Because they get subsidies from the govt bc they employ a whole region and are a super big energy company. They need to be dismantled. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Schmuppes@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Because it's there and you want a steady supply of cheap electricity, that's why. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago And thus, climate change. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 1 point 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 34 points 3 years ago (3 children) Lignite is the worst coal, most polluting and least energy dense afaik, why would you bother mining it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] youRFate@feddit.de 15 points 3 years ago Because they get subsidies from the govt bc they employ a whole region and are a super big energy company. They need to be dismantled. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Schmuppes@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Because it's there and you want a steady supply of cheap electricity, that's why. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago And thus, climate change. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] youRFate@feddit.de 15 points 3 years ago Because they get subsidies from the govt bc they employ a whole region and are a super big energy company. They need to be dismantled. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Schmuppes@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Because it's there and you want a steady supply of cheap electricity, that's why. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago And thus, climate change. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago And thus, climate change. permalink fedilink source parent