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Does your pussy hurt?No, I'm not ignoring it. There is no good reason for exempting coal from the same rules we use for natural gas, oil, and other cleaner fuels. Burning coal causes smog, soot, acid rain, global warming, and toxic air emissions. We certainly shouldn't force the public to breath this shit to line the pockets of mine owners and preserve an industry that should have been phased out years ago. A 2013 gallup poll shows 70% of Americans agree.I think you're neglecting the fact that over the last 8 years natural gas prices have fallen dramatically even relative to coal. If coal were the preferred fuel for power generation today we would not be seeing the number of conversions from coal to gas and would not see coal's use in power generation falling from over 50% to 32%. For the first time, natural gas use to produce electricity has exceeded that of coal. Furthermore, the low natural gas prices are projected to continue at least through 2020 making the generation cost less than coal with less environmental impact.Coal is not an economical way to general electric power and hasn't been for some time. Natural gas is cheaper and cleaner. In 1990, almost 60% of America's power was produced by coal fired generating plants. It has steadily fallen to 32% and there is no sign of that trend reversing. During the same period power generation by natural gas has risen from 10% to 35%. The low price of clean burning natural gas is the reason for the recent coal to natural gas conversions. The last coal fired power plant in the US went into operation 4 years ago. Power plant construction experts believe it will be America's last coal fired power generation plant to be built.Coal will always be an economical way to generate electric power. There's enough coal to last 200 years. Whether Trump can stop the natural slow decline of the coal industry is one thing. Whether he can prevent the government from deliberately killing it is another. Americans don't benefit when electric rates are increased artificially because perfectly serviceable coal fired power plants have to be retired long before the end of their useful lives. That's just plain stupid, and only imbeciles like you, Lakhota and bulldog would support it.
You are wrong. By every economic measure, coal is the cheapest way of producing power.
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Wood is cheaper, but not as scale-able.
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By any measure you can pick, even including capital costs (price of building the power plant itself, coal is by far cheaper. Only Nuclear and Hydro electric dams, are cheaper.
I'm sorry, but you and your left-wing anti-science people are factually wrong, as you always are.
Natural Gas to Overtake Coal in 2016 | Fox Business
You keep ignoring the fact that Obama has made coal far more expensive with all his idiotic regulations.