“The authorities are missing in action,” said one campaigner. “If they won’t step in to stop illegal, planet-wrecking coal mining, we will.”

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      Yes and no, they aren’t saying that we should end all electricity use. Renewable power has been cheaper than coal for years and the adoption rate by most grids is still very low. For companies that spend 10x as much to say they are going green rather than implementing those changes what other options does a consumer have?

      There is no ethical consumption under capitalism and no collective bargaining with the manufacturer under late-stage capitalism.

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        Renewable power has been cheaper than coal for years and the adoption rate by most grids is still very low.

        That’s because this stat is bullshit and highly context dependent.

        When you have renewable power at the same time as demand and demand, renewables are cheaper than coal.

        When winter hits, the sun sets, and your baseline power is done, renewables aren’t cheap. They simply don’t function. Energy storage, meanwhile, is crazy expensive.

        Utilities use the cheapest power they can. They aren’t just rejecting green energy for fun.