Coal mine demolishes neighboring wind farm to boost country's energy supply, drawing ire of climate activists | Fox Business

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A German energy company is dismantling a wind farm to allow for an adjacent coal mine to expand its operations, officials said.

The German coal mine Garzweiler, operated by energy company RWE, admits the situation appears to be "paradoxical" sacrificing one energy source for another but defended the decision as necessary to strengthen supplies amid the ongoing energy crisis, Oilprice.com reported.

"We realize this comes across as paradoxical," RWE spokesperson Guido Steffen said in a statement. "But that is as matters stand."

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RWE's decision to expand into the Keyenberg wind farm, which is located in North Rhine-Westphalia, has drawn the ire of climate activists.

North-Rhine Westphalia's ministry for economic and energy affairs repeatedly advocated against the destruction of the wind turbines.

"In the current situation, all potential for the use of renewable energy should be exhausted as much as possible and existing turbines should be in operation for as long as possible," a ministry spokesperson said in a statement earlier this week, according to the Guardian.

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I hope for more of this so this suicidal turn away from fossil fuels is crushed.

Team Black.

Glad to see at least a few people over there have a lick of sense.

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In the current situation, all potential for the use of renewable energy should be exhausted as much as possible and existing turbines should be in operation for as long as possible," a ministry spokesperson said in a statement earlier this week, according to the Guardian.

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This is why we should not take liberals seriously because they aren't serious people. Wind will never be sufficient to power Germany and their commitment to it over other more reliable energy sources has created a crisis that could kill people this winter. So instead of understanding the facts of the situation he has contributed to he doubles down on what is a proven failure.

Liberals should be dismissed without debate. Their ideas should never be taken seriously.

Looks like Team Token Black

A funny thing about this is, those people are too stupid to realize that the windfarms can be put right back up after the land reclamation.

Germany could always copy the Simpsons and live intermittently.

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In the current situation, all potential for the use of renewable energy should be exhausted as much as possible and existing turbines should be in operation for as long as possible," a ministry spokesperson said in a statement earlier this week, according to the Guardian.

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This is why we should not take liberals seriously because they aren't serious people. Wind will never be sufficient to power Germany and their commitment to it over other more reliable energy sources has created a crisis that could kill people this winter. So instead of understanding the facts of the situation he has contributed to he doubles down on what is a proven failure.

Liberals should be dismissed without debate. Their ideas should never be taken seriously.

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It would be good if left academics and left journalists could be forced to live on the resources they wish to impose others.

Gotta hand it to the Germans sometimes; they can be pragmatic with their backs up against the wall.

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Gotta hand it to the Germans sometimes; they can be pragmatic with their backs up against the wall.

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Hell, they can be downright combative iykwim

I suppose there is likely a reason the Britons and the Normans outlasted the Romans by a couple millenia...and it's perhaps similarly true that no one talks about the Gauls today.

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nortex97 said:

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..and it's perhaps similarly true that no one talks about the Gauls today.

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that galls me.

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French battle rifles sell cheap. Never shot. Dropped once.