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Except NOTHING. Germany is opening new coal mines and stations: http://airclim.org/acidnews/ge...

You guys all look like idiots now.

Nope. Germany is opening new mines and power plants: http://airclim.org/acidnews/ge...

However, the temperatures at which these power plants will operate make them unsuitable for use as pizza ovens.

Nope. Germany is opening new mines and power plants: http://airclim.org/acidnews/ge...

They are burning it. 30% of Germanys power comes from coal. They are opening new coal power stations: http://airclim.org/acidnews/ge...

Seriously, it is like you guys live on a different planet.

Uuuuh, how does that contradict what I am saying? You can look it up yourself. New coal stations: http://airclim.org/acidnews/ge...

Expanding coal mines: https://qz.com/1389135/germany...

Complete idiot.

And when will that happen? Until then - they have backups, it's why Germany is still building coal power plants.

The reason are: - taxes - guaranteed feed in tariffs for renewables

Italy pays a higher tax rate on electricity that Germany or Denmark, yet their power is lower. Perhaps they do not subsidize renewables as heavily?

hey are building redundant power systems, one renewable one "dirty", That is complete nonsense. The dirty ones we already have, that is a no brainer ...

Then why is Germany build new coal power stations? I guess they don't need the backup for renewables? Sure - maybe they are replacing "old/dirty" plants - but why use new "less dirty" coal plants, if renewables can do it?

This says a lot of things aren't the problem, but doesn't give much in the way of proof. I like the part about, "it isn't cars that should be addressed first."

I think we are well past the point we can afford to address things in order. Parallel tasking is required. Still one source I think we can on is really big ocean vessels like container ships. Can't we run those things off something a bit cleaner? They are horrible.

Would LNG work? I'd guess you'd need a new engine, and a way to move massive amounts of liquid natural gas. At any rate, I found a link.

Still even just using ordinary diesel fuel would be cleaner than that. Actually here is another link that suggests low sulfur. If the link is good, it would raise the price of things link but only a tiny amount, since shipping fuel is a fairly small part of the equation.

Congress should pass a law forcing container ships doing business with the US to control pollution from their ships. Seriously, they should. It levels the playing field slightly since American companies can't pollute like that (nor should they), and it reduces global pollution a lot.