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“Across America” ​​Coal Plants Will Be Decommissioned, Replaced with Wind and Solar Power – Will You Be Disappointed?


Essay by Eric Worrall

h / t MarkW – President Biden has declared the entire coal industry closed because coal is too expensive and unreliable.

Biden says coal plants ‘across America’ will be shut down, replaced with wind and solar power

Biden argues that generating electricity from wind and solar is ‘cheaper’ than producing from coal

Via Andrew Miller FOXBusiness
Published November 4, 2022 6:22 p.m. EDT

President Biden Coal plants said on Friday that coal plants are too expensive to operate and “we will be shutting these plants down across the United States” to switch to wind power in a comment that drew criticism from the National Committee of the United States. Republican Party.

“I was in Massachusetts about a month ago on the site of the largest ancient coal plant in America,” Biden said at an event in Washington. Carlsbad, California, on Friday. “Guess what? It costs them too much money. They cannot count. Nobody builds new coal plants because they can’t rely on it. Even if they had all the coal guaranteed for the rest of the plant’s existence.

“So it will become a wind generation. And all they’re doing is going to save them a lot of money, and using the same transmission lines that they run for coal-fired electricity, we’re shutting these plants down across the United States and has wind and solar power, also offers tax credits to help families buy energy-efficient appliances, whether it’s your fridge or coffee maker, for panels the sun in your home, the weathering of your home, the things that save the average, according to experts, $500 minimum. a year for the average family. “

Biden’s comment prompted a response from a Twitter account run by the Republican National Committee, said, “Joe Biden celebrates the coal plant workers who lost their jobs.”

Biden added that generating electricity from wind and solar is cheaper than producing from coal and oil.

“Literally cheaper,” the president said. “Not a joke.”

During the 2020 campaign, candidate Biden suggested that coal miners facing an economy where their jobs are likely to be eliminated should “learn to program”.

Read more: https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/biden-says-coal-plants-all-across-america-will-shut-down-replaced-with-wind-solar

WUWT covered Biden’s myths about coal in Massachusetts.

No amount of wind and solar energy can reliably supply the United States during adverse winter weather.

Solar doesn’t work at night or in winter – especially the Northern states don’t get enough sunlight.

Wind alone cannot meet the energy needs of the United States in the long run without solar power. Wind is simply not a reliable source of energy.

Consider the Texas ice storm in February 2021 (see chart at top of page). Solar is almost idle for more than 10 days, and there is no wind during critical periods. Nuclear power and fossil fuels, especially gas, saved Texas from the energy oblivion of that era.

Of course, I don’t believe anyone could reasonably expect President Biden to understand such matters. He doesn’t seem to understand much these days.

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