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?

  • commiewithoutorgans [he/him, comrade/them]
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    7810 months ago

    No but it does clearly show prioritization when the 2 conflict, which is the point of contention (as well as using coal at all, if you give a shit about our planetary environment)

    • @HughJanus@lemmy.ml
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      110 months ago

      Well wind is abundant and you can get it most places. You can only get coal in places where there’s coal.