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To: Gay State Conservative
From 2020: While more than 546 coal-fired power units have retired in the US over the past decade, just 21 new units have opened during the same period.

https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/news/us-coal-company-bankruptcies/#

Change "week" to "every two years"

5 posted on 05/15/2021 7:50:57 AM PDT by palmer (Democracy Dies Six Ways from Sunday)
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“546 coal-fired power units have retired in the US over the past decade”

Beyond any green fantasies, the main reason for this is economics. Technologies evolve. Right now a mix of renewables and natural gas is much cheaper than coal.

It may come that renewables + batteries are the cheapest way to power a country. We are far from that now, but batteries prices are dropping every year.


13 posted on 05/15/2021 8:12:07 AM PDT by Renfrew
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