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submitted 1 year ago by lntl@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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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[-] RagnarokOnline@reddthat.com 194 points 1 year ago

I think this headline is misleading.

A better headline might read: “Coal found beneath wind farm. Turbines dismantled to make room for mining operation.”

[-] youRFate@feddit.de 54 points 1 year ago

Still, its lignite, they should cease all mining operations.

[-] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 34 points 1 year ago

Lignite is the worst coal, most polluting and least energy dense afaik, why would you bother mining it

[-] youRFate@feddit.de 15 points 1 year ago

Because they get subsidies from the govt bc they employ a whole region and are a super big energy company. They need to be dismantled.

[-] Schmuppes@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Because it's there and you want a steady supply of cheap electricity, that's why.

[-] SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

And thus, climate change.

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