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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] 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The US is the most obvious party to have carried this out and is the only one who would benefit.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It's so obvious the US President might as well have come out and said if there's a war, Nord Stream 2 will be destroyed

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

anakin-padme-2 Haha, that would be too obvious, come on now.

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