Post #2124878
2025-06-21 03:26 UTC
@Barbramon1 @green_bens The quiet revolution is that it is, heterogeneously but inexorably.
In the US now, coal is already the most expensive source of electricity other than nuclear. Coal plants can't run forever, they have to be shut down about every decade for maintenance. Most power companies are using that opportunity to shut them down for good, or convert to natural gas.
E.g. here in Colorado, the state set a target of no coal by 2030. It's looking like it will actually be 2028 or sooner. Which is no small feat for a state largely built on coal mining a century ago.
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@Barbramon1@mas.to 2025-06-21 04:15
@simonbp @green_bens That's quite an achievement. Here in California we have only one coal fired energy plant still on line. My native state of Ohio, still gets a lot of its energy from coal. That's changing, but the pace is slower than many people would like.