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tl;dr -- Happy days are here again! Not very much content, except that solar panels and natural gas continue to get cheaper. Don't get me wrong -- I love to h
by forkandwait 13y ago
tl;dr -- Happy days are here again!
Not very much content, except that solar panels and natural gas continue to get cheaper. Don't get me wrong -- I love to hear the US is about to return to being a world class manufacturing nation, and it might even be true, but this seemed like a pretty content-free article.
- ams6110 13y agoNatural gas may be getting cheaper, but in the short term electricity is going to get more expensive as the relentless assault on coal generation continues. Utilities are building and converting natural gas generation plants but coal still dominates in many areas. Our local utility is telling us to prepare for a tripling of rates.
- mpyne 13y agoThe relentless assault is justified IMHO. I drove through Pennsylvania (my home state) twice in the past couple of weeks to go from my duty station to home and return. The state is as beautiful as ever but I often had to switch my car's ventilation system to recirc to avoid the smell of coal power plant exhaust, even miles from the plant. I don't know how the residents handle it. It's a pity that TMI effectively shut down nuclear in the USA as nuclear could, if nothing else, help replace the single most-polluting power generation method still in wide use.