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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] 56 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Germany is basically what happens when an entire country embraces greenwashing as its ideology.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

Dig it up locally. Burn into electricity in a neighboring country. A low emissions success story 😥

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