Pictures from Buzzfeed of frozen everything in Texas... Was going to move there last year, got delayed... Heart goes out to them.
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Coal plants have been shutting down across the country because after we figured out horizontal drilling a hydraulic fracturing, gas got really fucking cheap. Add that to the fact that coal is really dirty energy and the soot and particulates are as deadly as they are disgusting, and it’s a recipe for coal going offline.
3 coal plants have shut down in GA in the last decade, 5 in PA and 3 in MA, to give you random sampling of different states with different political dynamics.
We should be relegating coal to peak demand times, and the most burdensome regulations on coal plants imposed federally by the Obama administration were rejected before they could be implemented by GEOTUS (specifically the mercury emissions standards).
Coal’s decline is a story of market forces, innovation and business decisions more than anything.
Yeah? And what's the story of the people freezing to death in Austin?
One of piss-poor rainy day planning by two groups of people: those who only talk about market forces and those who only talk about environmental effects.
And for the record, Texas has had more coal plants close in the last ~3 years than any of those states you mentioned in the last 10.
you can't just keep coal plants shut down then "fire them up" to deal with demand.
it's not like turning on a switch, in order for it to be there ready for a demand spike it has to be running already.
if you want your gun to be ready to protect you and your family in the event of a midnight break in you probably shouldn't put it in the basement safe unloaded and in it's case... with a combo padlock.
Most coal plants have a spin up time measured in days. They can't be used for peak gen, only baseline power.