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Re:New Wind and Solar Power Is Cheaper Than Existing Coal by pacerwpg on Thursday January 09, 2020 @04:20PM (#22005909)
The article was comparing coal costs vs Solar and Wind. Carbon output from fossil fuels suggests not only coal, but also oil and natural gas.
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Re:New Wind and Solar Power Is Cheaper Than Existing Coal by wysinwyw on Thursday January 09, 2020 @04:25PM (#22005953)
Coal is much cheaper than oil and comparable to natural gas. https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/update/resource_use....
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Re:New Wind and Solar Power Is Cheaper Than Existing Coal by woodandsteel on Friday January 10, 2020 @04:53PM (#22016000)
Oil is a very small part of electric generation. Natural gas has gotten a lot cheaper than coal, which is why so many coal plants are being shut down.

More recently, renewable has started to get cheaper than natural gas.

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