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The article was comparing coal costs vs Solar and Wind. Carbon output from fossil fuels suggests not only coal, but also oil and natural gas.
by pacerwpg 7y ago
The article was comparing coal costs vs Solar and Wind. Carbon output from fossil fuels suggests not only coal, but also oil and natural gas.
- wysinwyw 7y agoCoal is much cheaper than oil and comparable to natural gas. https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/update/resource_use.php https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/update/resource_use....
- woodandsteel 7y agoOil is a very small part of electric generation. Natural gas has gotten a lot cheaper than coal, which is why so many coal plants are being shut down. More recently, renewable has started to get cheaper than natural gas.