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In 2019, 239 gigawatts (GW) of coal capacity were online in the US. In 2020, 166 GW (72% of 2019’s capacity) were either uneconomic compared to local wind or solar or due to retire within five years. Out of the total 235 US coal plants, 182 plants (80%) are uneconomic or already retiring.

In 2019, 239 gigawatts (GW) of coal capacity were online in the US. In 2020, 166 GW (72% of 2019’s capacity) were either uneconomic compared to local wind or solar or due to retire within five years. Out of the total 235 US coal plants, 182 plants (80%) are uneconomic or already retiring.

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Ask us here in Texas how well solar and wind power works when it get really, really cold. It may be great for SUPPLEMENTAL power but you can't depend on either.

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Wind and solar must always be backed. Literally impossible to be cheaper.

True cost of wind or soloar is (wind or solor) + (backing nuclear, coal, or NG).

Anyone telling you otherwise is a liar.

It is literally impossible for grid scale wind or solar to ever be cheap than nuclear, coal, or NG as it is always built on top of these technologies.

NoisySilence gets it. ^

The left is good at denying reality and actual science, aren't they? Soon they will try to force all internal combustion engines off the road. They literally want to turn back the clock to the 1400s, any guess why, serf?