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Germany begins dismantling wind farm for coal (euobserver.com)

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Lignite is the worst coal, most polluting and least energy dense afaik, why would you bother mining it

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because it's there and you want a steady supply of cheap electricity, that's why.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

And thus, climate change.