christiefan915 (11-16-2018), Guno צְבִי (11-15-2018), katzgar (11-15-2018), PoliTalker (11-16-2018)
US coal plant retirements second highest ever - Belch
https://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fu...hest-ever.html
And nobody appears to be in a rush to be building new capacity either. Interestingly, alongside competition from cheaper natural gas, Bloomberg New Energy Finance points to the "zero marginal cost" nature of renewables as one of the factors putting pressure on the viability of coal. As Mike noted back in 2015 (the only year to beat the current one for coal plant closures), the fact that solar and wind have extremely low marginal costs once they are up and running means they can afford to undercut coal for baseload power at almost any price—leading to what some have referred to as "death by capacity factor".
When I wrote about Spanish miners embracing the closure of mines, one commenter questioned my assertion that US coal was declining too. And they were right—at least as far as coal production is concerned.
Consumption, and consumption capacity, however is another matter.
In fact, Bloomberg News Energy Finance (found via the good folks at Cleantechnica) reports that coal power plant closures will hit their second highest year on record, at least as far as capacity is concerned:This year’s widespread closures were headlined by the retirement of four massive Vistra plants in the ERCOT (Texas) market. Coal plants retiring this year produced 127,000 gigawatt-hours of electricity in 2017, enough to power 12 million homes.
ONE-N-DONE, YOU GOT PLAYED; Time To Play-On
Remember ... ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES ... So STFU Bitch
christiefan915 (11-16-2018), Guno צְבִי (11-15-2018), katzgar (11-15-2018), PoliTalker (11-16-2018)
But Mexico is stil gonna pay for The Wall which starts on "day one", right?
Bourbon (11-15-2018), Guno צְבִי (11-15-2018), kudzu (11-15-2018), Phantasmal (11-15-2018)
Bourbon (11-15-2018), Guno צְבִי (11-15-2018), Jack (11-15-2018)
Fake News. Ooops channeling my inner Trump.
Be Best
Guno צְבִי (11-15-2018)
kudzu (11-15-2018)
Trump knows how to get Votes.
Tip: Hillary telling Coal Miners she is going to take their Jobs ... ISN'T how you get Votes.
Not what she said. It is just how the reds repeated it. The fact is that coal is dropping in America and employment has dropped too. The trend is clear. The future of coal country can be renewable energy. Those are long term jobs for the future. Coal is not. Hillary was bit clumsy in the explanation.
Jack (11-15-2018)
Bourbon (11-15-2018), Guno צְבִי (11-15-2018)
Maybe you liberals shouldn't celebrate these hard working coal miners are losing their jobs. It's a fact that many of them are union members, don't many unions and their membership tend to vote Dem?
Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.
christiefan915 (11-16-2018), Jack (11-16-2018), mak2 (11-16-2018)
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