This picture is usually shared with the caption along the lines of "oh no, look at those wind turbines, ruining the horizon". The joke being of course that lignite mines are huge scars in the earth surface, swallowing whole villages in their path.The thing is however that fossil fuels remain needed for the foreseeable future to generate electricity whenever the wind isn't blowing. Note how yesterday was another day in a 'dunkelflaute' where Germany averaged 574 grams of CO2eq per kWh. The real meaning of the photo is how fossil fuels and solar and wind are so closely linked to one another.For people posting this photo with the snark remark: it's not the own you think it is.

"Experts say small modular reactors, called SMRs, are bringing affordable nuclear energy to less wealthy countries. But what are SMRs and why are proponents so excited about them? VOA reporter Henry Wilkins explains".If the developing world could get access to nuclear energy, their societies would hugely benefit from the sheer amount of clean energy. I've been saying for a while that Africa's development will be a key question for the remainder of this century.#Nuclearhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbdlUHbOyqc