Congrats, you just posted a half truth and you didn't have the balls to post a link to the source. Do you know what sunken costs are? You continue to build what you've paid for. What happens after that?
Keep on rooting for the past, pollution, inefficiency and earlier disease and death. That's all that you righties stand for.
Read and weep:
16 Apr 2019
Douglas Broom
Senior Writer, Formative Content
Coal is widely acknowledged as one of the most polluting ways to generate electricity. The International Energy Agency (IEA) calculates that this one fuel alone has been responsible for a third of all global warming in modern times.
So, the news that the amount of planned new coal-fired generating plants reached a new low last year must be good for the planet. The amount of planned capacity fell by over a third last year and was 84% down on the figure for 2015.
But although fewer new coal-fired power stations are being planned, those already approved are still being built. Global Energy Monitor says there was a 12% increase in the amount of coal-fired capacity under construction last year. And the IEA reported this week that coal usage rose last year for the second year in a row, reversing two years of decline up to 2016 and contributing to a 1.7% increase in CO2 emissions.
Two-thirds of new coal-fired capacity coming online last year was in China and almost a fifth was in India. Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Africa, Turkey and Vietnam also increased coal burning capacity in 2018.
Paradoxically, despite using more coal, China also achieved the world’s biggest increase in solar and wind generation last year. Renewables now account for more than a quarter of world power generation, and last year they delivered close to half of the growth in global capacity.
How coal shutdowns factor
The amount of coal-based capacity closed down last year was almost equivalent to China’s capacity growth which meant the growth rate of coal capacity slowed to the lowest on record, the fourth straight year of decline.
The US led the way, shutting down 18 gigawatts of capacity. India and China both plan large scale closedowns in coming years. Over half of EU member states have committed to phase out coal by 2030. In the UK, coal provides just 5% of capacity, down from two-fifths six years ago.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/04/chart-...power-iea/
And why don't you walk your empty talk? Surely you can do better than 10 fucking percent coal fired power?
Coal Power in Alaska
Last Modified: 19th March 2015
Existing and proposed coal-fired power plants in Alaska.
Less than 10% of Alaska's electricity comes from coal. Most is from gas, hydro, and oil. There are six small coal-fired power plants in Alaska, all found on the "Railbelt" power grid north of the Alaska Range between the Usibelli Coal Mine and the Fairbanks area. Most were built in the 1950's and 1960's and are "co-generation" plants where the coal is used for power as well as generating steam that is piped into businesses, residences, or military bases.
Read more: http://www.groundtruthtrekking.org/Issues/Ala...z5yiHDZKuj
Keep on rooting for the past, pollution, inefficiency and earlier disease and death. That's all that you righties stand for.
Read and weep:
16 Apr 2019
Douglas Broom
Senior Writer, Formative Content
Coal is widely acknowledged as one of the most polluting ways to generate electricity. The International Energy Agency (IEA) calculates that this one fuel alone has been responsible for a third of all global warming in modern times.
So, the news that the amount of planned new coal-fired generating plants reached a new low last year must be good for the planet. The amount of planned capacity fell by over a third last year and was 84% down on the figure for 2015.
But although fewer new coal-fired power stations are being planned, those already approved are still being built. Global Energy Monitor says there was a 12% increase in the amount of coal-fired capacity under construction last year. And the IEA reported this week that coal usage rose last year for the second year in a row, reversing two years of decline up to 2016 and contributing to a 1.7% increase in CO2 emissions.
Two-thirds of new coal-fired capacity coming online last year was in China and almost a fifth was in India. Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Africa, Turkey and Vietnam also increased coal burning capacity in 2018.
Paradoxically, despite using more coal, China also achieved the world’s biggest increase in solar and wind generation last year. Renewables now account for more than a quarter of world power generation, and last year they delivered close to half of the growth in global capacity.
How coal shutdowns factor
The amount of coal-based capacity closed down last year was almost equivalent to China’s capacity growth which meant the growth rate of coal capacity slowed to the lowest on record, the fourth straight year of decline.
The US led the way, shutting down 18 gigawatts of capacity. India and China both plan large scale closedowns in coming years. Over half of EU member states have committed to phase out coal by 2030. In the UK, coal provides just 5% of capacity, down from two-fifths six years ago.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/04/chart-...power-iea/
And why don't you walk your empty talk? Surely you can do better than 10 fucking percent coal fired power?
Coal Power in Alaska
Last Modified: 19th March 2015
Existing and proposed coal-fired power plants in Alaska.
Less than 10% of Alaska's electricity comes from coal. Most is from gas, hydro, and oil. There are six small coal-fired power plants in Alaska, all found on the "Railbelt" power grid north of the Alaska Range between the Usibelli Coal Mine and the Fairbanks area. Most were built in the 1950's and 1960's and are "co-generation" plants where the coal is used for power as well as generating steam that is piped into businesses, residences, or military bases.
Read more: http://www.groundtruthtrekking.org/Issues/Ala...z5yiHDZKuj
