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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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[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

You are literally commenting on an article where one of those countries has shut down a wind farm to go back to miming coal (never mind that my point still stand regardless because renewables are still just a fraction of electricity production, or that it is the wealthy people buying the electric cars who contribute more emissions than the poorest 50% of the population, but good to see the greenwashing has worked so well on you), so which of us is actually making noise, and which is addressing the problems we face?

[–] CasualPenguin@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

Might be a good idea for you to read the article

[–] Rambi@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Electric cars contribute less emissions than ICE cars even if the grid's electricity supply is entirely coming from coal. Of course cars in general are a much worse solution to transport than really any form of public transportation, but that's no reason to spread pro-ICE car propaganda.

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