[RightWhale]

Coal is shipped pretty far. Electricity has a practical distance limit of about 300 miles. That's fine for those who live near the major coal deposits.

[tpaine]

'The market' obviously needs energy. When the market regains political sanity, coal will be used on site to generate electricity, which can be cheaply transported where needed.

RightWhale wrote:
Coal is shipped pretty far. Electricity has a practical distance limit of about 300 miles.
That's fine for those who live near the major coal deposits.

300 miles? Isn't the whole east coast on a big power grid?

In fact I've seen reference to an HVDC line that transmits 2.0 gigawatts 1,480 kilometers from Quebec to New England, roughly 900 miles.. Correct?