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]
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]
"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-...
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?