I heard part of a radio news broadcast today about the coal shipping troubles in Germany. It seems that it's been a problem that has been worsening for weeks. The coal or lignite barges are being shut down or forced to carry a 20% load due to extremely low water depths. They do have priority over other shipping. Not what they needed in what already was a severe energy crisis.
https://observatorial.com/news/economy/162061/rhi ... ry-closes/
Low water level of Rhine River hurting coal supplies
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See, I agree with you there. Solar because when all the cadmium leeches out and contaminates the soil, who cares, they aren't growing food there. And windmills would be good, although I would assume half the power they generate would have to be used to cool the generator to prevent the windings from burning up.