Posted on 02/10/2021 12:16:41 PM PST by sodpoodle
How many coal fired power plants are there in the world today?
Green New Deal???
The EU has 468 - building 27 more... Total 495
Turkey has 56 - building 93 more... Total 149
South Africa has 79 - building 24 more... Total 103
India has 589 - building 446 more... Total 1035
Philippines has 19 - building 60 more... Total 79
South Korea has 58 - building 26 more... Total 84
Japan has 90 - building 45 more... Total 135
China has 2,363 - building 1,171 more... Total = 3,534
That’s 5,615 projected coal powered plants in just 8 countries.
USA has 15 - building 0 more...Total = 15
And Democrat politicians with their "green new deal” want to brainwash us and shut down those 15 plants in order to "save” the planet.
This is EXCELLENT!! I knew the rough idea about the number of coal plants, but had not yet seen actual numbers until now.
This makes the point. Whatever the USA does or doesn’t do won’t make a Tinker’s Dam regarding CO2 unless the rest of the world, especially China and India reduce their coal-fired power plants as well.
The whole “global warming” and “climate change” gambits by Democrats are to create a *supposedly* sound, scientific basis to justify a federal government power-grab and the passage of MORE laws to increase taxes and increased control of the privately owned power industry and its distribution. Never forget the *main* motivation they have!
“Oh, we will SAVE the planet!!”
WAKE UP AMERICA !!!! We are being played ….. again !!!
Please pass this on...as it is Not too late!!
We also have waste to energy plants. Power plants that burn municipal solid waste - garbage.
I live on the Ohio River. There are six within 60 miles of me. Ten years ago there were nine. F’n Barry went a long way to gut the rural economy around here. I believe we in KY have some of the lowest electric rates in the world.
https://thenewamerican.com/obama-epa-war-on-coal-to-shut-200-coal-fired-plants-devastate-economy/
VA burns its trash
Not enough.
Following leftist scientist instead of science.
they missed a few people...
I’m guessing 150 operational. There definitely used to be more.
Just looked it up, 241 operational US coal power plants in 2019.
“And Democrat politicians with their “green new deal” want to brainwash us and shut down those 15 plants in order to “save” the planet.”
And republicans seem fine with it.
Wind mills, solar panels and mirror farms do not work and are evil.
USA has 15 - building 0 more...Total = 15
NOT so!
“In 2019 there were 241 coal powered units across the United States which generated 23% of the United States electricity in 2019.
Wikpedia is the source for this. The other sources only give the number in Gigawatts produced and not in plant numbers.
Does anyone have time to hunt the numbers for the other countries?
I know of 3 coal plants within 100 miles of me that are closing soon. Since all use cooling lakes, this will also be a significant hit to local fisheries. The “waste” heat ends up, in part, as bigger, faster growing fish.
One cooling lake in particular supplies forage fish (threadfin shad) for many other local lakes. And, it itself is a tremendous catfish fishery with, most interestingly, very low contaminant (mercury, PCP’s, etc.) levels. I’d only cook a 20 lb. catfish out of the Ohio River for my family or friends as a near last resort. But, this lake? Fish fry / feast time!
Oh, just wait until we’re all plugging in our electric cars!
As of July 2019, the Global Coal Plant Tracker shows:
Within the 28 European Union countries, there are 268 coal-fired power plants in operation, with 7 in construction and 8 in pre-construction.
Turkey has 29 plants in operation, with 2 in construction and 31 in preconstruction.
South Africa has 19 plants in operation, with 2 in construction and 5 in preconstruction.
India has 291 plants in operation, with 33 in construction and 41 in preconstruction.
Philippines has 21 plants in operation, with 8 in construction and 19 in preconstruction.
South Korea has 24 plants in operation, with 3 in construction and 1 in preconstruction.
Japan has 83 plants in operation, with 15 in construction and 5 in preconstruction.
China has 1032 plants in operation, with 126 in construction and 76 in preconstruction.
Australia has 20 plants in operation, with 0 in construction and 2 in preconstruction.
If the Democrats bothered to pull their head out of their rectum occasionally and let in Oxygen to their brain they might see how ridiculous the Green New Deal is.
We have three within a 50 mile radius of where I am in southwest Pa alone!
Coal power in the United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_power_in_the_United_States
In 2019 there were 241 coal powered units across the United States
These countries have the most nuclear reactors
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/11/countries-that-have-the-most-nuclear-power-alternative-energy-electricity-climate-change/
The United States has the most operational nuclear reactors on the planet – 96. Together they have a capacity of 97,565 MW, and last year nuclear energy made up about 20% of the country’s electricity generation.
Those wind mills along mountains above peoples homes are so loud and they kill birds. I have none around my home but at my childhood home. It is horrible.
Mirror farms are scattered around different counties but they do not bring in enough to make a difference in PA.
We have Coal-lots of it. Biden can kiss a salami . They still use coal here to power plants for electricity.
Yep, as mentioned previously, the “Email from a friend” has their #’s all screwed up...EU isn’t building any coal plants and as mentioned Germany is currently having trouble because of it. Poland or Czech may be building, just haven’t heard. The “building new plants” number may be highly suspect, but I get the general point they are trying to make about the bogus “Green New Deal”.
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