We have plentiful natural gas reserves in America, but even here it can’t replace coal. And you have states like New York who are run by insane liberals who won’t allow fracking to get to the reserves.
Here in KY a LOT of coal fired power plants are being replaced with Natural Gas. It’s just a lot cheaper.
FWIW, it’s where I work.
Exactly. Most people don’t have a clue about it either. Especially people like Elon Musk who thinks all the nighttime energy on the US grid can be from batteries one mile square.
Real time fuel mix on the MISO footprint.
https://www.misoenergy.org/MarketsOperations/RealTimeMarketData/Pages/FuelMix.aspx
Watch how fast those New York Liberals yell for coal and natural gas if their whole grid were to go solo on solar energy for just one month.