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headline gore. Beating them at what? toxic waste generation?

• kalkr 3y ago
  Probably at the thing they're designed to do (generate electricity)
• shadowgovt 3y ago
  Generating capacity.
• ZeroGravitas 3y ago
  > Wind and solar combined now provide more generating capacity and produce more electricity than coal in the US, according to new data from the EIA
• otherme123 3y ago
  I bet coal still beat anything at toxic waste generation: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coal-ash-is-more-radioactive-than-nuclear-waste/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coal-ash-is-more-...
• VintageCool 3y ago
  > Together, wind and solar provided 16.1% of US electrical generation in the first two months of 2023; by comparison, electrical generation by coal dropped by 32.7% and provided 16.0% of total US electrical generation.