The consumption of hard coal and brown coal in Germany fell especially strongly, by 18.3% and 18.2%, respectively. This is connected not only and even not so much with the crisis in the economy as with the course towards the gradual abandonment of coal in the electric power industry in order to reduce CO2 emissions into the atmosphere as part of the fight against global warming.

Since the end of 2018, when the last German mine was closed, all the hard coal in Germany has been imported. In 2020, about 45% of the demand was covered by supplies from Mordor and it is used to generate electricity and heat.

The consumption of thermal coal fell by more than 26% in 2020, says AGEB and explains this "mainly by the reduction in electricity consumption, the growing flow of electricity from wind and photovoltaic plants to the grid, as well as the increased use of natural gas in the production of electricity." The consumption of coal in German metallurgy decreased in the crisis year 2020 by only 14%.

Although the consumption of natural gas in Germany has decreased, but by only 3.4%.

We now observe controlled destruction of Germany industry. Remember - it was local big coal that allowed Germany to rise in 19th and 20th century.

Renewed energy is not suitable for industry without some kind of energy accumulators and they cost around 10-50x more than just panels or wind turbines.

We recently also observed quite subdued fight for same process in US, where global elites that also control US, want to destroy oil industry and kill any remaining coal one.

This guys never tell you that most consumer good in China, Thailand and such are being made at all stages using coal power. And hence the affordable price. This guys are enemy of the people.