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In a First, Wind and Solar Generated More Power Than Coal in U.S. (www.scientificamerican.com)

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"Wind and solar produced more U.S. power than coal during the first five months of this year, as several coal plants closed and gas prices dropped"

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[-] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago

“From a coal perspective, it has been a disaster,” said Andy Blumenfeld, an analyst who tracks the industry at McCloskey by OPIS. “The decline is happening faster than anyone anticipated.”

Yeah, from a virus’ perspective, vaccines suck.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

Dont worry im sure the govt will give them tons of subsidies to stay open/make sure thier profits dont go too far down

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I hate that you're probably right

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