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So the plan is to ship coal from Poland or somewhere farther away to keep burning it in Germany’s coal-powered power plants?
by jgilias 3y ago
So the plan is to ship coal from Poland or somewhere farther away to keep burning it in Germany’s coal-powered power plants?
- myrmidon 3y agoGermany is mining ~10% (10 megaton/years) more coal than Poland, but is much less reliant on it for electricity and is significantly ahead at switching to renewables.
- skrause 3y agoCurrent law is that Germany has to stop burning (not just mining) coal by 2038. The current government wants to push this date up to 2030 and is evaluating if and how that's even possible (https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/vorgezogener-kohleausstieg-100.html https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/vorgezogener-k...).