Fracking, the ultimate evil is making natural gas so cheap that coal can't compete.
The enviro-nuts are ecstatic that coal will the way of the steam engine. But don't think that they will stop fighting to make Fracking illegal.
The price of natural gas has been historically volatile.
So, when the price of gas goes back up there will be no coal plants to pick up the slack and a lot of people will shiver in the dark.
1 posted on
05/20/2018 4:23:45 PM PDT by
Pontiac
To: Pontiac
The US is the Saudi Arabia of coal.There’s no reason why coal shouldn’t play an important role in this nation’s economy.None whatsoever!
2 posted on
05/20/2018 4:28:37 PM PDT by
Gay State Conservative
(You Say "White Privilege"...I Say "Protestant Work Ethic")
To: Pontiac
[Neil Waggoner with the Beyond Coal campaign says its clear coal is near its end.]
LOL, tell that to the Chinese and a dozen or more other countries around the world. They are using EVERYTHING they can burn to produce electricity.
From the mind of a needle head liberal.
5 posted on
05/20/2018 4:40:13 PM PDT by
headstamp 2
(My "White Privilege" is my work ethic.)
To: Pontiac
Utilities have pleaded with lawmakers to help subsidize their financially struggling coal plants, saying its an important resource that helps diversify the grid.What they don't mention are the subsidies that solar and wind energy receives, and that those energies NEED fossil fuel and nuke energy transmissions to sustain them.
7 posted on
05/20/2018 4:43:00 PM PDT by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: Pontiac
They will just fight whatever fuel source it is. Thats how they scrape a living off productive people and society.
8 posted on
05/20/2018 4:43:33 PM PDT by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Pontiac
Let them build windmills and solar farms and then sit sweltering or freezing in darkened homes and businesses whenever the wind doesn’t blow or the sun doesn’t shine
14 posted on
05/20/2018 5:32:59 PM PDT by
The Great RJ
("Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher)
To: Pontiac
All this means is that the right people like Soros don't yet own enough of the coal in the ground and the mining companies. As soon as the right fat cats have what they want you can bet coal will once again be used in new power plants.
JMHo
15 posted on
05/20/2018 11:00:15 PM PDT by
Rashputin
(Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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