I know Europeans are desperate for energy but this has to be the most symbolic example of humans going back to fossil fuels…

In a backwards move indicative of the world’s fitful transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, a wind farm in western Germany is being dismantled in order to make way for the expansion of an open-pit coal mine.

The expansion of the lignite mine underscores Europe’s energy crisis, as energy security has sometimes taken precedence over clean energy.

Source: Eco Watch

As a species we’re not going to solve climate change, the best we can hope for is a future where we can survive the worst of what the planet will have in store for us.