[PGR88]

The ONLY thing which truly allowed the removal of coal from the grid was cheap natural gas, due to the invention of hydro-fracking

In 20 years, gas as a percentage of electricity generation from natural gas went from 15% to nearly 45% now in 2024

The main thing that allowed "renewables" to grow was strict government mandates funded with massive debt at zero interest rates and cheap raw materials from China. That situation has changed.

[Elsie]

Stacked graphs like this one only has one true shape - the first one.

All the others get stacked on top of it, skewing the true data visually.

Gimme a good ol’ line graph, where each of the datasets are referenced to ZERO, not the one below it.

Like this one...

https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/topic/0?agg=2,0,1&fuel=vvg&geo=g&sec=8&linechart=ELEC.GEN.ALL-US-1.M~ELEC.GEN.COW-US-1.M~ELEC.GEN.NG-US-1.M~ELEC.GEN.NUC-US-1.M~ELEC.GEN.HYC-US-1.M&columnchart=ELEC.GEN.ALL-US-1.M~ELEC.GEN.COW-US-1.M~ELEC.GEN.NG-US-1.M~ELEC.GEN.NUC-US-1.M~ELEC.GEN.HYC-US-1.M&map=ELEC.GEN.ALL-US-1.M&freq=M&start=200101&end=202402&ctype=linechart&ltype=pin&rtype=s&maptype=0&rse=0&pin=

[Starboard]

“That situation has changed.”

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Excellent post. Thanks for sharing.