Midwest Chick's Place

 I have to admit that this bit of news gave me a bit of schadenfreude. 

Germany is removing a wind farm to make way for the expansion of a coal mine.

Gee, ya think that having a steady source of energy is better than a bird-killing, truly-not-renewable source of energy?

The expansion comes in tandem with a plan to temporarily return three of RWE’s lignite-fired coal units to the market, a decision that was approved by Germany’s cabinet. The units were previously on standby. 

“The three lignite units each have a capacity of 300 megawatts (MW). With their deployment, they contribute to strengthening the security of supply in Germany during the energy crisis and to saving natural gas in electricity generation,” RWE said in September.

“Originally, it was planned that the three reserve power plant units affected would be permanently shut down on September 30, 2022, and September 30, 2023, respectively,” RWE added.

Germany’s cabinet approved the decision to bring back the idled coal units to boost energy supplies, as energy imports remain hindered by the Russia-Ukraine War.  (Fox Business)

It seems the German government realizes that if they don’t keep the German people warm that there might be a more serious problem than protests.

The Greenies are screaming their little heads off, refusing to acknowledge that windfarms and solar are not the energy producing saviors that they have imagined all these years. 

 Interestingly enough, as B mentioned in a conversation, they are not moving the windmills, they are scrapping them.  Thus making more non-biodegradable trash.

This comes on the heels of deciding to keep three nuclear power plants up and running.  Greenie heads are exploding like popcorn.

I am thinking that they figured it is better to keep the power on than it is to have their entrails wrapped around flagpoles.

I think that this should be the new trend in Europe as well as the US.