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.

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?

  • balls_expert@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    62·
    1 year ago

    Germany is still going to use the same amount of coal whether this runs or not, they’d just import it from another country or have another mine go faster if there’s one that still can

    The way to reduce coal is to increase low carbon sources of energy and to reduce consumption

    • library_napper@monyet.cc
      31·
      1 year ago

      Nope. Dont import and scarsity will drive prices up and people use less. It’s pretty simple really.

      We need to keep all fossil fuels in the ground. The way we do this is reduce energy usage.