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Originally Posted by Azure
Always thought it was weird that we still had coal plants going given our easy access to natural gas and how much we want to develop that industry.
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Natural gas wasn't always so cheap and coal is easily stored, useful to avoid winter bottlenecks when you might not have enough NG to generate electricity and heat homes at the same time, as happens in New England or in Southern California, where the blowout of Aliso Canyon means that it is having grid reliability issues and will have major issues if the upcoming summer is warmer than normal or winter is colder than normal.
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Sure you feel bad for the coal workers, but there is plenty of opportunity for work in renewable energy sources especially if you are in the trades.
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Indeed, given how many solar jobs its takes to match the energy productivity of one coal worker.