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Last hard-coal mine. As far as I know, they're still mining lignite/brown coal in vast open-cast mines swallowing up the German countryside.
by makomk 8y ago
Last hard-coal mine. As far as I know, they're still mining lignite/brown coal in vast open-cast mines swallowing up the German countryside.
- AWildC182 8y agoI was curious about this so I opened google earth, panned over to Germany and zoomed in on a random brown patch on the satellite imagery. The environmental devastation is absolutely awe inspiring. They have mines around the country but particularly south of Berlin, the earth is scarred with dozens of massive active and refilled mines. That group of mines also continues into Czechia and a number of refilled mines can be seen on the Polish border as well.
- starik36 8y agoLink?
- powercf 8y agoThis is Germany: https://www.google.com/maps/@50.5951409,8.7342041,743343m/data=!3m1!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/@50.5951409,8.7342041,743343m/da... Disable labels and look at the beige patches on right center (south of Berlin). The vast majority seem to be open mines, presumably coal.
- choward 8y agoReminds me of looking at West Virginia and Kentucky. https://maps.app.goo.gl/GPy6u https://maps.app.goo.gl/GPy6u
- zufallsheld 8y agoLook for "Tagebau", for example here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/sqNPN https://maps.app.goo.gl/sqNPN Switch to satellite View.
- amai 8y agoSee here: https://goo.gl/maps/aZMLzstsv7E2 https://goo.gl/maps/aZMLzstsv7E2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garzweiler_surface_mine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garzweiler_surface_mine)
- kristianp 8y agoThis seems backwards. Brown coal is much more polluting than black coal.
- dang 8y agoOk, we've added "hard" to the title above.
- rusticpenn 8y agoThey are rerouting a highway(A2) to dig new lignite mines..
- foepys 8y agoIn North-Rhine Westfalia they do this more or less regularly with the A61 and A44 for Garzweiler II. Only this year they closed down the A61 after rebuilding the A44 to mine more coal after they demolished it a few years before. In 2035 they will rebuild the A61 again. They also relocated entire towns.