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The real reason is that fossil fuel plants have been offlined and decommissioned, and the reason this occurred is because they were made unprofitable by punitiv
by jollyllama 1y ago
The real reason is that fossil fuel plants have been offlined and decommissioned, and the reason this occurred is because they were made unprofitable by punitive regulation far more so than market forces.
- ac29 1y ago> fossil fuel plants have been offlined and decommissioned Coal is down, but there has never been more natural gas generation in the US: https://www.epa.gov/power-sector/power-sector-evolution https://www.epa.gov/power-sector/power-sector-evolution
- jollyllama 1y agoYes, perhaps I should have said coal.