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Germany did not return to coal. That's simply not true. The coal under Hambacher Forest isn't even needed and it won't be used up either.
by emsign 5y ago
Germany did not return to coal. That's simply not true. The coal under Hambacher Forest isn't even needed and it won't be used up either.
- ChuckNorris89 5y ago>Germany did not return to coal. Germany's buying cheap energy from coal burning Poland so it might as well have. Call it outsourcing of coal burning if that makes it easier to take in.
- zuzun 5y agoA net import of 250,000 MWh in the past month. That's not even 1% of Germany's electricity production. Germany produced 4x as much electricity from photovoltaics even though the sun wasn't shining.
- rad_gruchalski 5y agoAnd because it won't be used and is not needed, the mine will operate until 2038? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hambach_surface_mine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hambach_surface_mine > Begun in 1978, the mine's operation area currently (as of end of 2017) has a size of 43,8 km2, with the total area designated for mining having a size of 85 km2. So there's still a bit to dig.