> but most of the time we also keep the old ones running. I don’t think that this is true. [0] Actual total energy production from things like coal have staye

> but most of the time we also keep the old ones running. I don’t think that this is true. [0] Actual total energy production from things like coal have stayed constant despite some countries, e.g. china, building out large amounts of new coal power plants. This is only possible if other plants have been taken offline. Part of the reason they are shut down (not just environmental ones) is simply because they are more expensive to run than the alternatives. [0] https://ourworldindata.org/energy-production-consumption https://ourworldindata.org/energy-production-consumption