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Then you should also not buy goods made in Germany, because it massively ramped up coal excavation and burning last year, and not just any coal, but lignite, the nastiest, dirties, most lifespan-reducing type of coal possible.

They even leveled an entire village(Lützerath) to mine coal and the German police had to clash with climate protestors while getting stuck in mud and attacked by a wizard.[1]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUOir-SAKDs



Environmental activist wizards get resistance to environmental hazards. Mud won’t bother them.


Perspective is key: Germany's electricity generation from coal increased by 8% or 16 TWh while Germany's electricity exports increased by 50% to 26 TWh net. Europe was in a difficult situation for various reasons.


Isn’t this the result of an energy shortage due to the war in Ukraine? Germany didn’t want to do this, I assume.


No, they haven't. Please take a few minutes to Google for the figures before making such an incorrect statement.


Read for yourself:

"Coal remained the main energy source in electricity production in Germany in 2022: 8.4% more coal-generated electricity fed into the grid than in 2021" - German Mistry of Statistics[1]

I don't have numbers for 2023 yet, and while things might look better in 2023 for coal use compared to 2022, that's because Germany is now burning more imported gas instead since the LNG terminals came online, so it's still relying on burning fossil fuels for energy.

[1] https://www.destatis.de/EN/Press/2023/03/PE23_090_43312.html

[2] https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/energy-crisis-fu...

[3] https://www.dw.com/en/germany-coal-imports-increase-in-2022-...


That's just cherry picking individual data points. Have a look at the time series:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_German...

Sure, Russia's attack on Ukraine lead to an increase in 2022. But massively ramped up, seriously?




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