Coal vs. Wind and Solar

[Headhunter]

Coal is currently 5 cents per kilowatt hr to produce, wind and solar is 22 cents.

411 coal powered plants are scheduled to close, there is not nearly enough alternative sources to replace lost capacity. Industry estimate are rates will double by 2017.

Coal power plants produce less than 1% of the total carbon of the USA. China produces 5 times more coal carbon and is increasing their coal based power dramatically. This doen't even take into account India and the rest of the developing world.

Someone please make sense of the logic of our current energy policy.

 

[aix_xpert]

You assume we have a current energy policy.

 

[racernhra]

Sys and cup will be here shortly.

Hopefully the next president can reverse this?
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[Headhunter]

This is the best I can figure the current policy.

Kill the coal industry, force everyone to use "green" energy. If that means the end of cheap energy and a bad economy so be it.

 

[wyomingosualum]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlTxGHn4sH4

 

[poke2001]

It is just a social justice, transfer of wealth. The poor will get subsidies to pay for the higher cost energy and the rich will pay for it all. It has nothing to do with environment.
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[Marshal Jim Duncan]

Obama said under his policy that energy prices would NECESSARILY increase.

 

[Ostatedchi]

Originally posted by wyomingosualum:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlTxGHn4sH4

Damn I miss Ronny. People just don't speak like that any more.

 

[TPOKE]

Originally posted by racernhra:
Sys and cup will be here shortly.

Hopefully the next president can reverse this?
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I think the next president will have more important things to do than to keep sys and cup from showing up.