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So it looks like this mine produces coal which I am assuming is used for power generation. Don't know if I can blame them for not shutting it down while the mes
by buscoquadnary 4y ago
So it looks like this mine produces coal which I am assuming is used for power generation. Don't know if I can blame them for not shutting it down while the message coming from the rest of Europe is that everyone's going to be doing an IRL game of Frostpunk this winter.
- mrcheesebreeze 4y agowhat do you expect? The european union is widely known for strange and impractical decisions. A few of its members basically drag the rest along for bad decisions and the smaller guy follow because they need that sweet sweet eu money.
- p_l 4y agoIn this case it wasn't "strange or impractical" decision - the mine endangered water table on Czech side of the border. Czech Republic protested expansion unless Poland funded some minor work to ensure access to water was unimpeded. The incompetents in the government decided that negotiation, or the way lower than the dien cost of fixing water pipeline for few villages, was beneath them. The ECJ injunction was about stopping the expansion when, as matter spanning the border, the case was taken to court. Once again politicians decided to... Ignore the injunction, which resulted in a fine, and finally the fine was taken from funds that would otherwise go to Poland.
- orangepurple 4y agoThis was before the Russian energy crisis. Poland refused to give up energy independence.
- fsckboy 4y agothat's not really a counter argument since their neighbors except Russia are experiencing energy shortages.
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- orangepurple 4y agoThink about what you just wrote. Poland cranked up the coal before the war, ensuring consistent energy availability long term. Meanwhile, its neighbors were shutting down nuclear and increasing dependence on unreliable alternative energy sources.