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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?

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[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 33 points 2 years ago (12 children)

Seymour Hersh broke the story on this. He's famous for breaking the My Lai massacre. The article he wrote is behind a pay wall, but this is a very lengthy interview with from democracy now https://www.democracynow.org/2023/2/15/nord_stream_sy_hersh

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

I advise caution with Hersh's reporting. It was weak to begin with, relying on a single source. It's not improved at all since publication, with no one coming forward even anonymously to corroborate the claims. Seymour Hersh has published important stories, but he's gotten sloppy with this one.

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 31 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

The US is the most obvious party to have carried this out and is the only one who would benefit.

[–] ElHexo@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

It's so obvious the US President might as well have come out and said if there's a war, Nord Stream 2 will be destroyed

[–] FortifiedAttack@hexbear.net 27 points 2 years ago

anakin-padme-2 Haha, that would be too obvious, come on now.

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