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Didn't Germany open up more coal mines to cope with the shortage in natural gas from the Russian boycott and lack of electricity from shutting down their nuclea
by sickofparadox 2y ago
Didn't Germany open up more coal mines to cope with the shortage in natural gas from the Russian boycott and lack of electricity from shutting down their nuclear plants?
- Symbiote 2y agoThey did, though according to the yearly trends on https://app.electricitymaps.com/ https://app.electricitymaps.com/ the carbon intensity is back down to 2020 levels — and very similar to America. Britain and Spain are impressive for the recent reductions in carbon emissions, and France for their long-term nuclear power use.
- NewJazz 2y agoI'll just leave this here. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/26/german-windfarm-coalmine-keyenberg-turbines-climate https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/26/german-windfar...
- alphager 2y agoNo, mining is proceeding according to the plan to end in 2035. You might confuse it with the protests surrounding Lützerat, where the existing mining activities encroached (as planned) the village. Germany kept 4 coal plants online in 2022 and 2023 that should have been shut down.