[where's_the_Outrage?]

What total crap and disinformation. To believe the author it is more cost effective to build new energy plants that it is to continue with existing energy plants fueled by cheap (and locally mined) coal. Here in Michigan replacing the coal plants with natural gas has greatly increased energy costs.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

--- "What total crap and disinformation. To believe the author it is more cost effective to build new energy plants that it is to continue with existing energy plants fueled by cheap (and locally mined) coal."

Agreed. "Public radio," politicking for the Left for decades now.

Central to the whole cost explosion? As the article buries into a paragraph -- "controversial carbon capture technologies."

"Green" throughout the Western world is causing various versions of massively rising costs along with reduction in actual service.

Meanwhile China builds coal plants weekly. So we handicap ourselves severely because "green."

[mewzilla]

...to research the viability of adding controversial carbon capture technologies to coal-fired power plants...

Reaearch.

Snort.

Iceland has been doing something similar with regard to carbon capture.

How well us that working out for Iceland?

[mewzilla]

From 2022...

The world’s largest carbon removal project will break ground in Wyoming “The U.S. has set out this roadmap for carbon removal that is long enough that it’s going to allow for the kinds of really large investments and capital investments in projects. The U.S. has done that. It’s not happening anywhere else right now.”

Actually it is happening elsewhere.

And it's still a freaking boondoggle.

[sport]

Good! Solar and wind will save them. If it don’t [which it won’t]. They can freeze to death.

[Dr. Sivana]

Joyce argued no legislation is going to stop the declining global demand for coal, which has become more costly than renewables for generating electricity and has caused Wyoming's coal output to plunge over the past 15 years.

Any temporary decline was due either to cheap natural gas and oil. Forget the reports, Red China is building 20 new coal plants and Germany is now burning coal after abandoning nukes.

[hinckley buzzard]

Article is total propaganda from the Sierra Club. Rate increase is due to “carbon capture” scam being forced on the coal-fired energy generators, not the mandate for coal use. Either way, at least Wyoming will not be having rolling blackouts from being dependent on the undependable.

[linMcHlp]

Friends have a coal-fired stove that heats the house. Wonderful, radiant heat.

[AZJeep]

declining global demand for coal, which has become more costly than renewables for generating electricity

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Why this? Because the guv put so much regulations and penalties on it. Remember, Obama promised to bankrupt the coal mines! He is fulfilling that promise!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

My Black Hills gas bill is the highest I have ever had. On the other hand, I wonder what our local power plant(AEP) will do as they use Wyoming Coal to fire it.

[drSteve78]

Colorado energy industry is on the skids. All the solar panels in the state won’t be enough. And EXPENSIVE

[taxcontrol]

The world is in a carbon dioxide DROUGHT! C02 is plant food and if the current 0.04 percent of the atmosphere drops to 0.02 Carbon Dioxide, plants will start dying.

Humans depend on plants!

[AZJeep]

Coal is the US greatest natural resource!
They say US is Saudi Arabia of coal. We have about 50-70% of coal worldwide. And it is the best coal there is, anthracite.
Not only coal generates electricity, it is also used in house and water heating, metallurgy and chemical processing.
Even gas can be manufactured out of coal.
I think that’s why Obama declared war on coal.