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U.S. coal-fired power plants closing fast despite Trump's pledge of support for industry
Reuters ^ | 01 13 2020 | Scott DiSavino

Posted on 01/13/2020 1:15:29 PM PST by yesthatjallen

U.S. coal-fired power plants shut down at the second-fastest pace on record in 2019, despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to prop up the industry, according to data from the federal government and Thomson Reuters.

Power companies retired or converted roughly 15,100 megawatts (MW) of coal-fired electricity generation, enough to power about 15 million homes, according to the data, which included preliminary statistics from the Energy Information Administration and Reuters reporting.

That was second only to the record 19,300 MW shut in 2015 during President Barack Obama’s administration.

The replacement of coal with power generation from natural gas and renewables has cut total U.S. carbon emissions in four of the past five years. Gas emits about half the carbon dioxide, a leading contributor to global warming, as coal.

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To: dhs12345
I don’t hold much hope for nuclear since it has a worse rep than coal.

More people have died in Ted Kennedy's car than in all the commercial reactor nuke accidents in the United States.

41 posted on 01/13/2020 1:55:41 PM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: billyboy15

Nat not bat


42 posted on 01/13/2020 1:56:15 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

If the owners cannot update and produce clean-coal then they have to close up and the owners know that.


43 posted on 01/13/2020 1:57:02 PM PST by caww
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To: RomanSoldier19

If the owners cannot update and produce clean-coal then they have to close up and the owners know that.


44 posted on 01/13/2020 1:57:02 PM PST by caww
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To: bert
Nixing gas is in effect nixing water

California doesn't need more water, it needs less Democrats. Not allowing gas production has the effect of increasing CO2 emissions because higher prices make it financially viable for other producers to use more energy intensive methods.

45 posted on 01/13/2020 1:57:54 PM PST by Reeses (A journey of a thousand miles begins with a government pat down.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

If the owners cannot update and produce clean-coal then they have to close up and the owners know that.


46 posted on 01/13/2020 2:00:05 PM PST by caww
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To: yesthatjallen

In Floyd County Georgia there was a very old and inefficient coal fired electric energy plant called Plant Hammond. Recently it was closed because it was wasteful and was no longer needed. Its production had been replaced by other more modern plants. I have noticed that the 1957 Ford, Chevy cars are no longer plentiful on the roads. Those old cars have been replaced by newer models. And so it goes.


47 posted on 01/13/2020 2:00:48 PM PST by Trumpet 1 (US Constitution is my guide.)
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To: caww

350 years of proven recoverable coal reserves in North America.
It’s a shame to walk away from it now...


48 posted on 01/13/2020 2:01:55 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Here in NM the state government is the problem.


49 posted on 01/13/2020 2:03:08 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: yesthatjallen

Truth is it takes 500-800 to run a coal burner. 10 guys can run a co generation plant.


50 posted on 01/13/2020 2:05:28 PM PST by IC Ken (Stop making stupid people famous)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

The state regulations in maryland make it very very difficult to meet the permitted discharges. Every year the state lowers its emissions standards. The greentards have gone so far as to blame coal fired plants for childhood asthma attacks and deaths, even though studies and air samples have proven tome and 90% of the ozone in Baltimore is from cars and out of state ( ohio and Pennsylvania) air pollution. IOW rural maryland has a low incidence of asthma attacks but baltimore Greentards with 100’s of thousands or cars on the road daily, blame coal fired plants anyway.


51 posted on 01/13/2020 2:11:21 PM PST by Ikeon (“Human genius has its limits, but stupidity does not.”)
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To: yesthatjallen

Other reasons they are closing is that during the obummer reign of terror, many states passed regulation forcing them to close by mandating power companies generate an ever increasing amount of power from “clean renewable” sources, while also mandating coal fired plants to install even more expensive scrubbing equipment - that SCOTUS weighed in calling CO2 pollutant didn’t help either.


52 posted on 01/13/2020 2:12:23 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: JimRed

I agree. But people are kept ignorant by the Left.


53 posted on 01/13/2020 2:12:38 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: billyboy15

“ You mean to say we are actually converting Bat farts to energy?”

I have a dog that could light up Fresno.


54 posted on 01/13/2020 2:13:51 PM PST by Scott from the Left Coast (It's the corruption, stupid)
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To: yesthatjallen

Coal really needed help 10 years ago when gas became competitive.
Obama did just the opposite and jumped in to destroy the industry, intentionally.
If Obama had let coal adjust t6o the new economics we’d have all been much better off.

At least Trump isn’t making it worse for coal, and us. Even helping a little bit.


55 posted on 01/13/2020 2:13:56 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: JimRed
Which we don't need now.

Indeed. And Sarah Palin knew what she was talking about when she said, "Drill, baby, drill!!"

56 posted on 01/13/2020 2:20:50 PM PST by abb
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To: CatOwner

I can imagine them all hanging upside down on little pipes.


57 posted on 01/13/2020 2:25:40 PM PST by GingisK
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To: yesthatjallen

They’re the oldest generating plants we’ve got and some are too small or poorly located to justify reinvestment.


58 posted on 01/13/2020 2:31:17 PM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
:-)
59 posted on 01/13/2020 2:35:59 PM PST by billyboy15
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Gas emits about half the carbon dioxide, a leading contributor to global warming, as coal.
Al-Reuters concern trolls ping.

60 posted on 01/13/2020 2:37:25 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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