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Prof Dave White's avatar

Not true the warming is shift in the tilt of the earth not global warming see data page on cctruth.org and sign up for class action lawsuits to stop cap and trade on cctruth.org

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Kilovar 1959's avatar

The Energy Bad Boys argue that replacing the coal units will only drive up costs, that those units need to remain in service. I personally cannot see removing reliable operating capacity in the near future.

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Ed Reid's avatar

Replacing functional existing equipment with new equipment almost never makes economic sense.

The coal generating capacity will be needed to keep the grid reliable as load grows. However, I doubt any new coal generating capacity will be added in the US.

The expansion of gas generation will be limited by the availability of firm pipeline capacity.

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Kilovar 1959's avatar

I agree on both counts Ed. The last comment I saw on natural gas is we need to invest is a substantial expansion of storage capacity before we take on more pipelines. We are starting to tax our storage during big weather events, especially winter events because we have heat load along with generation fuel load. Mr Global has been pretty vocal that the drop in oil production in the permian basin has a direct impact on gas since most natural gas out of Texas is co-produced with oil.

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Ed Reid's avatar

TANSTAAFL: There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.

TBLITMIC: The better lunch is the more it costs.

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fnfcst's avatar

Thanks for the article and the charts. They lay it out graphically--wind and solar are minor contributors and their intermittent nature makes them totally unreliable as a primary energy source.

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