There goes the promise of coal mining jobs for the ignoramus. Perhaps W. Virginia should merge with Virginia to up their average IQ.
Why a Big Utility Is Embracing Wind and Solar
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Xcel Energy is a utility company with millions of electric customers in the middle of the country, from Texas to Michigan. In booming Colorado, the company asked for proposals to construct big power plants using wind turbines and solar panels.
The bids have come in so low that the company will be able to build and operate the new plants for less money than it would have to pay just to keep running its old, coal-burning power plants.
You read that right: In parts of the country, wind and solar plants built from scratch now offer the cheapest power available, even counting old coal, which was long seen as unbeatable.
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Granted that this is perhaps somewhat due to subsidies in place that are going away in two years, but expectations are that demand and economies scale will easily outweigh any cost increases. This after the stupid tariffs on important solar panels enacted by the Dotard Trump.
Now if only the deplorables got a bit educated, they would see that there is no future in coal or fossil fuels. Don't count on it, they would rather be mesmerized by the snake oil guy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/06/o...l-right-region