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Well, you said wind and solar are more expensive than coal and I am saying they are not (hence why they are being built out like crazy). You seem to be arguing
by jartelt 9y ago
Well, you said wind and solar are more expensive than coal and I am saying they are not (hence why they are being built out like crazy). You seem to be arguing that wind and solar cannot replace coal since there are intermittent. I think that is wrong.
- dangerlibrary 9y agoOkay, cool. When power generation companies demonstrate that you are correct and replace their base load production capacity with solar and wind I will (joyfully) eat crow. That isn't really happening right now, though. Natural gas is replacing coal and non-hydro renewables make up a very small fraction of overall capacity. https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.cfm?t=epmt_1_02_a https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.cf...