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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do you really think it's more responsible to force the families out of their homes and demolish several villages/towns over some old wind turbines? Or did you mean the responsible thing being investing in renewables? I really can't tell, sorry ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] paddytokey 2 points 1 year ago

Obviously the latter

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's more responsible to stop mining fossil fuels.