U.S. Power Sector Milestone: Fossil Fuels Drop Below 50%

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1. Interesting point that 64% of utility scale generated power is still from fossil fuels, and the remaining difference is from onsite generated power from renewable sources. Our future may be that the majority of power is generated on-site or nearby with the grid only used for stabilization.

2. I live about 30 miles from a coal fired power plant owned by my utility company. I have rooftop solar that offsets about 100% of my kWh. I assumed there is some conversion losses between the power plant and my house. How much does the coal plant need to generate plus to make up for the losses that my solar panels are displacing?

3. I wonder how much Trump can really damage the renewable energy industry. Since mainstream renewables are cheaper than fossil fuels, Trumps only option is to sabotage (with coal subsidies or judicial uncertainty, like what is being done with Empire Wind)

4. No no no no no! Drill baby drill!

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