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Much of this is due to the fracking tech revolution of the early 2000s, which dropped the price of energy from natural gas below coal in the US. Shale gas has
by JauntTrooper 7y ago
Much of this is due to the fracking tech revolution of the early 2000s, which dropped the price of energy from natural gas below coal in the US.
Shale gas has been replacing coal: https://images.app.goo.gl/zb2bBfkBuAvWePVU6 https://images.app.goo.gl/zb2bBfkBuAvWePVU6
- Gibbon1 7y agoA friends dad who is a retired nuclear engineering professor said said as much, coal can't compete with natural gas on price. He said his former department and others were heavily dependent on grants from coal, oil, and the nuclear industry and those have all but disappeared. Quote: I got out at the right time.