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Originally Posted by Azure
How many countries that shutdown their nuclear plants and limited their access to gas are now burning more coal?
Like it is literally right in front of you.
No natural gas = more coal.
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I can't speak for the country as a whole, but that isn't the case in Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia has one natural gas power plant located in Dartmouth (if you remember the CBC show Theadore Tugboat, the power plant in the show was based on it as it's located on Halifax harbour).
Meanwhile coal is being reduced. The province's largest power station which once accounted for 1/3 of all power generated in the province only has 2 of the 4 turbines operating full time with 2 running seasonally, one was scheduled to be decommissioned now-ish.
Renewable power is expected to provide 80% of the province's power by 2030.
So no natural gas doesn't mean more coal. At least not here.