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Coal percentages
A co-worker sent me this site that says coal generation is 57 percent. Is there a best site or multiple places to refer him to?
Coal percentages
A co-worker sent me this site that says coal generation is 57 percent. Is there a best site or multiple places to refer him to?
http://www.powerscorecard.org/tech_detail.cfm?resource_id=2
Too bad it's natural gas. Like going from heroin to meth.
The FUD commenters after any EV aritlce always bring up that all electricity is from coal so EVs are dirtier than gasoline burning cars.
They probably thing NG is clean cause it never comes up.
No need to resort to ad hominem arguments, Jerry.
There are well-founded concerns that putting so many chips on the natural gas bet is very risky. At $2.40/MMBtu, gas dominates. But is the current situation stable? If we retire 50 GW of coal-fired generation, are we becoming too exposed to potentially volatile natural gas prices? At current gas prices, and with the lack of a national energy policy (backed with cash), most new renewable development outside of CA are stalled. There are serious challenges raised by too-cheap gas.
When people get serious about environmental degradation caused by fracking - too-cheap gas will be a thing of the past. Hopefully most coal plants would be shutdown by then ...There are serious challenges raised by too-cheap gas.
Agreed, which is why I call the current state "too-cheap". Prices do not reflect full costs and the depletion value.
Not to mention the health issues and associated costs.Agreed, which is why I call the current state "too-cheap". Prices do not reflect full costs and the depletion value.
Usually there is some form of a royalty payment to the government or a landowner. For example, off-shore oil drillers must lease parcels of land to obtain the right to explore and produce oil & gas. These lease payments, however, are set to maximize short-term revenue, and don't necessarily capture the long-term value of the product."Depletion value". Currently, NG, gas, and oil companies don't really have to pay very much for the resource, right? The only really pay for the cost of getting it out of the ground. If so (not sure), that would mean they are making money selling something which I'd see as the belonging to all people. Guess that comes from the time where land and resources were practically infinite, and you owned the gold you found.