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There are countries in the EU with sizeable coal reserves like Poland, Germany or Czech Republic. Current policies force them to abandon it and switch to natura
by mono442 9mo ago
There are countries in the EU with sizeable coal reserves like Poland, Germany or Czech Republic. Current policies force them to abandon it and switch to natural gas which needs to be imported.
- snowpid 9mo ago1.) In Germany without subsidies coal would phase out because it is too expensive. e.g. In western Germany since the 70s. 2.) People are Much more reluctant for coal mining anyway as it destroys lots of landscape. So, no coal has no future in Germany
- MSFT_Edging 9mo agoOh my god there's European versions of the West Virginia "more coal jobs" grifters.
- saubeidl 9mo agoThey could also build wind- and solar parks. They should, actually.
- PlkMarudny 9mo agoWe do and the more renewables are present in the mix, the more expensive electricity gets. Despite using LED lights...