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defacto7

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4. Well stupid me...

Reply to emsimon33 (Original post)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 01:56 AM

Jun 2014

I thought the idea was to increase wind and solar output in exchange for fossil fuel eventually putting the coal industry out of business. I had no idea they were supposed to increase electrical usage proportional to the amount of added non fossil fuel sources. I thought the idea was a better world.

Why the hell are they making new coal-fired plants?

BTW, balance sheets don't bleed, people bleed. Are they supposed to apply first aid to their books or keep people and the planet from suffocating?

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Germany's glut of electricity is causing prices to fall [View all] emsimon33 Jun 2014 OP

What a nice problem to have, electricity getting too cheap. Poor big coal :( Electric Monk Jun 2014 #1

Will the utility company employees have to take pay cuts in the face of financial losses? FrodosPet Jun 2014 #2

There are parallels to the transition from horse drawn to horseless carriages, if you think about it Electric Monk Jun 2014 #5

They will be able to export energy and ramp up industrial capacity based on cheap energy. JDPriestly Jun 2014 #6

A trail of red ink maybe, certainly not "a trail of blood." Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #3

Well stupid me... defacto7 Jun 2014 #4

Wondering how far along we could be if the bastards on the right would B Calm Jun 2014 #7