Re:The Cheap Energy Revolution Is Here, and Coal Won’t Cut It
by jartelt on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @02:49PM
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Well, you said wind and solar are more expensive than coal and I am saying they are not (hence why they are being built out like crazy). You seem to be arguing that wind and solar cannot replace coal since there are intermittent. I think that is wrong.
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Re:The Cheap Energy Revolution Is Here, and Coal Won’t Cut It
by dangerlibrary on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @03:16PM
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Okay, cool.
When power generation companies demonstrate that you are correct and replace their base load production capacity with solar and wind I will (joyfully) eat crow. That isn't really happening right now, though. Natural gas is replacing coal and non-hydro renewables make up a very small fraction of overall capacity.
https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.cf...