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by mikeash on Thursday September 29, 2016 @12:35PM
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The rest is mostly natural gas, and virtually no coal. I'm jealous! (Here in Virginia, it's about one third each of coal, gas, and nuclear.)
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by pavel_lishin on Thursday September 29, 2016 @12:49PM
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Isn't Virginia a huge coal-mining state? I'm surprised nuclear is that high of a percentage.
I recall visiting a coal-mining museum in some state that had a big coal industry, and it was amazing how optimistic and pro-coal the whole thing was. (Note that I said "amazing", not "surprising".)
Re:New Yorkers Can Now Get Unlimited UberPool in Manhattan f...
by mikeash on Thursday September 29, 2016 @12:57PM
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There's some here, but most of the coal mining activity is further west. West Virginia is the biggest coal state on the east coast and second biggest in the US. Nice map here:
http://www.virginiaplaces.org/geology/coal.html
It looks like their electricity is absolutely dominated by coal.
Even though not much in mined in state, we're close enough to WV and others that it seems like it would still be the obvious source here. I'm not sure why it's not, although I'm glad!