German energy giant RWE has begun dismantling a wind farm to make way for a further expansion of an open-pit lignite coal mine in the western region of North Rhine Westphalia.

I thought renewables were cheaper than coal. How is this possible?

  • UlrikHD@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    If you care about energy density, nuclear is the best solution, not coal. I guess Germans don’t care though

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      1 year ago

      I didn’t say density is the paramount parameter. Also, once you optimize one drawback, it generally gets less important.

      I just wanted to put the image into context, and show that it isn’t a big step backwards, just sideways perhaps. Or in other words, a sigle wind farm isn’t relevant, the sum is