[strommen]

Coal is dying in the US. There hasn't been a new power plant built in years, and facilities are getting retired early because it's cheaper to build new solar/wind than to run on coal.

The bad news is that many of the coal plants are getting converted to natural gas rather than being replaced by renewables. And when it comes to climate change, gas is only marginally better than coal. (Though when it comes to air pollution, gas is much better.)

A tiny coal plant recently opened in Fairbanks, Alaska.

[webninja]

Good to know about the natural gas. It now costs less to make a new solar or wind plant than it does a coal plant for the equivalent energy. However it costs less to maintain an old coal plant than it does to replace it with a new solar or wind plant.