Lignite Coal: A German Love Story

Noah Rettberg, physics lab technician in training and popular
Decouple guest, sheds some light on the protests regarding the
expansion of the Garzweiler mine into Lützerath and unearths the
deeps roots that Germany and lignite share.


Germany, with limited bituminous coal and no petroleum to speak
of, has always been able to lean on its sizable lignite coal
reserves. It has been transformed into anything from synthetic
fuels to margarine to autobody.