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Whatever that case may be - Obama is not taking out coal. He is making it more expensive to produce - and in the process weeding out some smaller companies so the industry may be easier to control in dealing with a few big players only.
Government controlling markets almost always results in the rich getting richer. It's called Crony Capitalism. It costs working Americans in many ways and transfers wealth from working class Americans to the rich elite.
The problem is that most "green" technologies cannot handle the burden of providing a backbone to the grid. You look at Germany which has the highest solar power capacity in the world and they've been building coal plants at a breakneck speed to replace their nuclear power facilities. Renewables are a good thing but have a substantial amount of limitations. With solar, we have no reliable and affordable storage technology to allow storage of power for night-time, cloudy days...etc. Until that happens, the use of it will be limited at best. You will need a stable fossil fuel or nuclear source that will make sure that everyone's power isn't going on and off every 5 minutes.
Not to mention the huge cost increase of solar.
The problem is we are forcing the use of wind and solar a decade or more before they are ready. That's what happens when the government pursues it's agenda.
U.S. President Barack Obama may be engaging in a “war on coal” with carbon regulations intended to shrink coal’s share of energy production, but worldwide, coal is in its strongest position in decades. In 2013, enough coal was burned to meet 30.1 percent of the world’s energy demands -- its highest share since 1970, according to new data from BP’s Statistical Review of World Energy.
Whatever that case may be - Obama is not taking out coal. He is making it more expensive to produce - and in the process weeding out some smaller companies so the industry may be easier to control in dealing with a few big players only.
Coal use is up - interested to hear some other thoughts on this.
The problem is that most "green" technologies cannot handle the burden of providing a backbone to the grid. You look at Germany which has the highest solar power capacity in the world and they've been building coal plants at a breakneck speed to replace their nuclear power facilities. Renewables are a good thing but have a substantial amount of limitations. With solar, we have no reliable and affordable storage technology to allow storage of power for night-time, cloudy days...etc. Until that happens, the use of it will be limited at best. You will need a stable fossil fuel or nuclear source that will make sure that everyone's power isn't going on and off every 5 minutes.
For many decades, the old Telephone Company technology powered their highly reliable telephone system by DC battery. I have been told (though I have not researched it) that Tesla DC backbones would serve just fine. Tesla, of course, was outmaneuvered by Edison, hence our modern AC system.
Can someone be so kind as to provide a bit of background on this? I would appreciate the education.
Let's remember that any time we talk coal, let's remember that it includes China who isn't trying to decrease their carbon emissions at all. If we all decrease carbon emissions except say China, that would hurt it.
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Originally Posted by desertdetroiter
There is no war on coal to begin with. So it's a moot point.
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Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber
Right, it is just another lame political bumper sticker line.
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Originally Posted by DRob4JC
Publicly - yes there is. You know that.
Finn - You know this also. I hold you to a higher standard - at least deal with the truth here.
"The war on coal" is an energy company bumper sticker rallying cry that it drives up costs and shuts them down.
It is how Obama got the greenies on his side. Evil coal and evil oil will destroy the earth. They were dumb enough to fall for it all. It appears coal use up and earth still here...........how can that be?
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