The Dormouse That Roared

This is part of the German coal story. It's a story of surface #greenwash in which many words of hope and ambition are expressed at the political level. Only when the layers are peeled back, much like the open cast mining for brown lignite coal, does the truth start to be revealed. The story of the protest can be found here: https://hambachforest.org/ This story is what got us thinking about how we perceive messages and pass them on, because news also emerged about the last deep coal mine in Germany being closed down. We have had a deep reluctance to pass on messages of good news because we don't want to make people think it's all going well and they can relax. Here's a perfect example. It's probably economics being played out, rather than the efforts to save the planet from an existential crisis. Politicians are very adept at bending their words to meet the needs of audiences with multiple, different expectations, and in this case there are great opportu...

From apnews article: nearly 40% electricity generation in Germany is still from coal, despite the closure of the deep coal pits lignite or brown coal is mined from open cast pits report due in Germany in February 2019 on future of lignite burning nuclear plants being phased out for 2022 From this article : Now, an update on 2018 energy production in Germany: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-power-renewables/renewables-overtake-coal-as-germanys-main-energy-source-idUSKCN1OX0U2 Total 542 TWh generated in 2018 Renewable energy (solar, wind, biomass, hydroelectric) was 40.4% in 2018 Nuclear was 13.3%, and is due for phase out by 2022 Coal 38% in total (206 TWh), with domestic brown coal at 24.1% (131 TWh) and imported coal 13.9% (75 TWh). Although Germany has indicated an orderly long term exit from coal, the details of dates are unknown. gas was 7.4%, oil & waste the remainder