Agreed. "Public radio," politicking for the Left for decades now.
Central to the whole cost explosion? As the article buries into a paragraph -- "controversial carbon capture technologies."
"Green" throughout the Western world is causing various versions of massively rising costs along with reduction in actual service.
Meanwhile China builds coal plants weekly. So we handicap ourselves severely because "green."
Reaearch.
Snort.
Iceland has been doing something similar with regard to carbon capture.
How well us that working out for Iceland?
Actually it is happening elsewhere.
And it's still a freaking boondoggle.
Good! Solar and wind will save them. If it don’t [which it won’t]. They can freeze to death.
Article is total propaganda from the Sierra Club. Rate increase is due to “carbon capture” scam being forced on the coal-fired energy generators, not the mandate for coal use. Either way, at least Wyoming will not be having rolling blackouts from being dependent on the undependable.
Friends have a coal-fired stove that heats the house. Wonderful, radiant heat.
declining global demand for coal, which has become more costly than renewables for generating electricity
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Why this? Because the guv put so much regulations and penalties on it. Remember, Obama promised to bankrupt the coal mines! He is fulfilling that promise!
My Black Hills gas bill is the highest I have ever had. On the other hand, I wonder what our local power plant(AEP) will do as they use Wyoming Coal to fire it.
Colorado energy industry is on the skids. All the solar panels in the state won’t be enough. And EXPENSIVE
The world is in a carbon dioxide DROUGHT! C02 is plant food and if the current 0.04 percent of the atmosphere drops to 0.02 Carbon Dioxide, plants will start dying.
Humans depend on plants!
Coal is the US greatest natural resource!
They say US is Saudi Arabia of coal. We have about 50-70% of coal worldwide. And it is the best coal there is, anthracite.
Not only coal generates electricity, it is also used in house and water heating, metallurgy and chemical processing.
Even gas can be manufactured out of coal.
I think that’s why Obama declared war on coal.